Medical Term:
malignant
Pronunciation: mă-lig′nănt
Definition:
- occurring in severe form, and frequently fatal; tending to become worse and leading to an ingravescent course.
- In reference to a neoplasm, having the property of locally invasive and destructive growth and metastasis.
[L. maligno, pres. p. -ans (ant-), to do anything maliciously]
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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
