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ma·lig·nant

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nt) KEY

ADJECTIVE:

Showing great malevolence; disposed to do evil.
Highly injurious; pernicious.
Pathology
1. Threatening to life; virulent: a malignant disease.
2. Tending to metastasize; cancerous. Used of a tumor.

OTHER FORMS:
ma·lignant·ly (Adverb)

Thesaurus: synonyms for malignant

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