BENIGN
\bɪnˈa͡ɪn], \bɪnˈaɪn], \b_ɪ_n_ˈaɪ_n]\
Definitions of BENIGN
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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(pathology) not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor)
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pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence; "a benign smile"; "the benign sky"; "the benign influence of pure air"
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pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence; "a benign smile"; "the benign sky"; "the benign influence of pure air"
By Princeton University
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Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.
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Exhibiting or manifesting kindness, gentleness, favor, etc.; mild; kindly; salutary; wholesome.
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Of a mild type or character; as, a benign disease.
By Oddity Software
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Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.
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Exhibiting or manifesting kindness, gentleness, favor, etc.; mild; kindly; salutary; wholesome.
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Of a mild type or character; as, a benign disease.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
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Of, or proceeding from, a kindly nature or disposition; favourable; mild.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Diseases of a mild character are so called: as well as medicines whose action is not violent, as a Benign Fever, Febris benig'na impu'tris, &c.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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