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Definition of Benign

1. Adjective. Not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor).

2. Adjective. Pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence. "The benign influence of pure air"

3. Adjective. Kindness of disposition or manner. "Benign intentions"

Definition of Benign

1. a. Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.

Definition of Benign

1. Adjective. Kind; gentle; mild. ¹

2. Adjective. (medicine) Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Benign

1. kind [adj] : BENIGNLY [adv] - See also: kind

Medical Definition of Benign

1. Something that does not metastasise and treatment or removal is curative. Compare: malignant. Origin: L. Benignus (11 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Benign

bengola bengolas beni benifices benifit benight benighted benightedly benightedness benightednesses

benighten benighter benighting benightment benights benign (current term) benign albuminuria benign bone aneurysm benign cementoblastoma benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes

benign dry pleurisy benign ear cyst benign essential tremor benign faint benign familial chorea benign familial chronic pemphigus benign familial icterus benign giant lymph node hyperplasia benign glycosuria

Literary usage of Benign

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1914)
"benign lesions from all sources 54, or 10 per cent, have been incorrectly treated for cancer. The rule should be that when in doubt, the breast lesion ..."

2. Transactions by American Gastroenterological Association, Darwin. Knochenmus (1905)
"J CLINICAL FEATURES OF THE benign STENOSES OF THE PYLORUS.1 BY HENRY L. ELSNER, MD, OF SYRACUSE. NY THE consideration of the Clinical Features of the benign ..."

3. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1899)
"The Necessity for the Early Recognition and Prompt Removal of all So-called benign Tumors In the Female Breast. BY WILLIAM J. TAYLOR, MD [Read May '24,1899. ..."

4. Diseases of the rectum and anus by Charles Boyd Kelsey (1882)
"IN a general way it is undoubtedly true that new growths in the rectum, when benign, increase slowly, tend to grow away from the wall of the bowel, ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1899)
"benign Tumors of the Clitoris.—LAMBRET (Revue de. ... May, 1898) analyzes the reported cases of benign neoplasms of the clitoris. ..."

6. A Treatise on diseases of the skin for advanced students and practitioners by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1916)
"Sarcoid Tumor; Sarcoid; Miliary lupoid; benign miliary lupoid. The name multiple benign sarcoid is one usually employed to designate a group of neoplasmata ..."

7. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Meschter Anders (1911)
"SIMPLE OR benign ANEMIA. This form is not infrequently met with as a congenital, ... There is no discoverable element of relationship between simple benign ..."

8. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1904)
"THE MALIGNANCY OF SOME APPARENTLY benign OVARIAN CYSTS. ... That a seemingly-benign ovarian cyst may in reality be a malignant new growth—either a cysto- ..."

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