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Benign vs Lymphangioma - What's the difference?

benign | lymphangioma |

In medicine|lang=en terms the difference between benign and lymphangioma

is that benign is (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent while lymphangioma is (medicine) a benign tumour of the lymph vessel.

As an adjective benign

is kind; gentle; mild.

As a noun lymphangioma is

(medicine) a benign tumour of the lymph vessel.

benign

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Kind; gentle; mild.
  • * (of a climate or environment) mild and favorable
  • * not harmful to the environment: [in combination] an ozone-benign refrigerant.
  • (medicine) Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.

    • Antonyms

    * malign * malignant

    Derived terms

    * benignly * benignant * benignity * benign neglect * benign tumor

    lymphangioma

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia lymphangioma) (en-noun)
  • (medicine) A benign tumour of the lymph vessel.