Malignant vs Sarcoma - What's the difference?
malignant | sarcoma |
Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=1 (medicine) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.
* 1823 , The Retrospective Review (volume 7, page 11)
(oncology) A type of malignant tumor of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.
In context|oncology|lang=en terms the difference between malignant and sarcoma
is that malignant is (oncology) harmfully cancerous; as a malignant tumor while sarcoma is (oncology) a type of malignant tumor of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.As a adjective malignant
is harmful, malevolent, injurious.As a noun sarcoma is
(oncology) a type of malignant tumor of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.malignant
English
Adjective
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- malignant diphtheria
- a malignant tumor
Antonyms
* (medicine) benignNoun
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