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Malignant vs Chordoma - What's the difference?

malignant | chordoma |

As nouns the difference between malignant and chordoma

is that malignant is while chordoma is (pathology) a slow-growing, malignant tumor arising from remnants of the notochord.

As an adjective malignant

is harmful, malevolent, injurious.

malignant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
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  • (medicine) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.
    • malignant diphtheria
    a malignant tumor

    Antonyms

    * (medicine) benign

    Related terms

    * nonmalignant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1823 , The Retrospective Review (volume 7, page 11)
    • As devout Stephen was carried to his burial by devout men, so is it just and equal that malignants should carry malignants
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    chordoma

    English

    (wikipedia chordoma)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (pathology) A slow-growing, malignant tumor arising from remnants of the notochord.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 16, author=Cara Buckley, title=Turning the Male Perm Into a Very Good Hair Day, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The tumors, known as chordomas , eat bone and tissue and have done irreparable damage to her spine. Ms. Haigh, who has a 3-year-old daughter, cannot work while she is undergoing treatment. }}