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cancerous

adjective as in malignant

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A benign tumour is not cancerous, but such cysts tend to grow slowly, according to the Brains Trust charity.

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He asked his doctors to remove it and conduct a biopsy, which came back cancerous.

When someone has a cancerous tumor, surgeons remove it as soon as possible and start a treatment plan.

The country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has called Israel a "cancerous tumour" that "will undoubtedly be uprooted and destroyed".

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After being released, she went back to Jamia and continued her work, but struggled to perform with the same gusto as her ulcer turned cancerous.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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