malignant
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The scan found a mass in her brain, and surgery revealed that to be a malignant brain tumor.
From Slate โ Sep. 9, 2026
It refers to a malignant brain tumour, external, a type of cancer that starts in the brain or spreads into the brain from another area of the body.
From BBC โ Jul. 29, 2026
Without it, malignant cells become much harder for the immune system to identify and kill.
From Science Daily โ Jul. 26, 2026
“A typical triumph of modern science,” remarked the novelist Evelyn Waugh, “to find the only part of Randolph that was not malignant and remove it.”
From The Wall Street Journal โ Jun. 10, 2026
Not even the malignant power of Kunthi could rouse me: I felt too remote.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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