benign
21benign — be•nign [[t]bɪˈnaɪn[/t]] adj. 1) of kindly disposition; gracious: a benign king[/ex] 2) showing or expressive of gentleness or kindness 3) favorable; propitious: benign omens[/ex] 4) clement: benign weather[/ex] 5) pat not malignant • Etymology:… …
22benign — be|nign [bıˈnaın] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: benigne, from Latin benignus, from bene well + gigni to be born ] 1.) kind and gentle ▪ He shook his head in benign amusement. 2.) a benign ↑tumour (=unnatural growth in the body) is… …
23benign — adjective 1 kind and gentle: He shook his head in benign amusement. 2 a benign tumour (=unnatural growth in the body) is not likely to return after treatment compare malignant (1) benignly adverb benignity /bI nIgniti/ noun (U) …
24benign — adjective /bɪˈnaɪn/ a) Kind; gentle; mild. :, (of a climate or environment) mild and favorable :, not harmful to the environment: [in combination ] an ozone benign refrigerant. b) Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly… …
25benign — adj. 1) describing a tumour that does not invade and destroy the tissue in which it originates or spread to distant sites in the body, i.e. a tumour that is not cancerous. Benign tumours may nonetheless cause serious morbidity or mortality by… …
26benign — [bəˈnaɪn] adj 1) a benign TUMOUR (= lump in your body) is not cancer and will not kill you Ant: malignant 2) formal kind and nice …
27benign — be|nign adj., t, e (godartet); en benign svulst …
28benign — Not cancerous. Benign tumors may grow larger but do not spread to other parts of the body …
29Benign prostatic hyperplasia — (BPH) also known as nodular hyperplasia, benign prostatic hypertrophy (technically a misnomer) or benign enlargement of the prostate (BEP) refers to the increase in size of the prostate in middle aged and elderly men. To be accurate, the process… …
30Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo — Classification and external resources Exterior of labyrinth. ICD 10 H …
