Definition of "nonmalignant" [non•ma•lig•nant]

• Not malignant, without malice. (adjective)
• Of a growth in the body, not cancerous. (adjective)

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• "It was described as a nonmalignant melanoma, a precancerous growth."
• "The charity, Voices Against Brain Cancer, conducts monthly support groups for caregivers and families of brain-cancer patients, as well as people who have been diagnosed with nonmalignant brain tumors."
• "Even the distinction between malignant and nonmalignant tumors likely escaped Hippocrates: his karkinos included every conceivable form of swelling—nodes, carbuncles, polyps, protrusions, tubercles, pustules, and glands—lumps lumped indiscriminately into the same category of pathology."