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benign Pathol (of a tumour, etc.) not threatening to life or health; not malignant benign [bə′nīn] (medicine) Of no danger to life or health. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Lower prevalence of benign diseases of the breast and benign tumours of the reproductive system among former college athletes compared to non-athletes. Already Parr can observe differences in the mtDNA rearrangement of sequence in malignant or benign tumours of the 40 volunteered patients. Long-term oral administration of DDT to nonhuman primates was reported to result in hepatic toxicity, and a few malignant and benign tumours at various sites were also found at an incidence that was of borderline statistical significance (70). |
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