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malignant 1. Pathol (of a tumour) uncontrollable or resistant to therapy; rapidly spreading 2. History (in the English Civil War) a Parliamentarian term for a royalist malignant [mə′līg·nənt] (cell and molecular biology) Pertaining to cells that have undergone phenotypic transformation by oncogenes or protooncogenes. (medicine) Endangering the life or health of an individual. Of or pertaining to the growth and proliferation of certain neoplasms which terminate in death if not checked by treatment. 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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| In it the poet invokes Athena to protect certain potters and their craft, if they will, according to promise, give him a reward for his song; if they prove false, malignant gnomes are invoked to wreck the kiln and hurt the potters. But a malignant disease, more fatal than the smallpox, broke out among the soldiers and sailors, and destroyed the greater part of them. For I had come to see a malignant devil in him which impelled him to hate all the world. |
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