different between malignant vs liposarcoma

English

Etymology

From Middle French malignant, from Late Latin malignans. See malign.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??l??n?nt/

Adjective

malignant (comparative more malignant, superlative most malignant)

1. Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
2. (medicine) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.

   malignant diphtheria

   a malignant tumor

Antonyms

• (medicine): benign, non-malignant

Derived terms

Related terms

• nonmalignant

Translations

Noun

malignant (plural malignants)

1. A deviant; a person who is hostile or destructive to society.
   • 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 […]
2. (historical, derogatory, obsolete) A person who fought for Charles I in the English Civil War.

Latin

Verb

malignant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of malign?

English

Etymology

lipo- +? sarcoma

Noun

liposarcoma (plural liposarcomas or liposarcomata)

1. (pathology) Any malignant tumour that originates in adipose tissue

Related terms

• liposarcomatous

Catalan

Etymology

lipo- +? sarcoma

Noun

liposarcoma m (plural liposarcomes)

1. (oncology) liposarcoma

Related terms

• lipoma

Further reading

• “liposarcoma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Italian

Etymology

lipo- +? sarcoma

Noun

liposarcoma m (plural liposarcomi)

1. (oncology) liposarcoma

Anagrams

• caporalismo

Spanish

Etymology

lipo- +? sarcoma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liposa??koma/, [li.po.sa??ko.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Hyphenation: li?po?sar?co?ma

Noun

liposarcoma m (plural liposarcomas)

1. (oncology) liposarcoma

Related terms

• lipoma