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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
malignant


ma·lig·nant BrE [məˈlɪɡnənt] NAmE [məˈlɪɡnənt] adjective
1. (of a tumour or disease)that cannot be controlled and is likely to cause death
malignant cells
Opp: non-malignant
compare benign
2. (formal)having or showing a strong desire to harm sb
Syn: malevolent

Word Origin:
[malignant] mid 16th cent. (also in the sense ‘likely to rebel against God or authority’): from late Latin malignant- ‘contriving maliciously’, from the verb malignare. The term was used in its early sense to describe Royalist sympathizers during the English Civil War.

Example Bank:
The tests found some malignant cells.

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