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Malignant characterizes cells that can be distinguished from normal cells on the basis of their microscopic appearance, expression of abnormal proteins and capacity to invade and spread to other portions of the body, ie metastasize. Top of page
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| malignant d. |
a form in which the symptoms are all very intense and progress rapidly to a fatal ending.
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| malignant e. |
1. a form of cutaneous anthrax in which massive spreading edema develops around a necrotic eschar. 2. inflammatory edema in gas gangrene. 3. a usually fatal form of toxemia with fever, skin discoloration, and swelling, seen in farm animals with a wound contaminated by Clostridium species, especially C. septicum. Cf. gas gangrene and blackleg. 4. braxy.
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| malignant fibrous h. |
any of a group of malignant neoplasms containing cells that resemble histiocytes and fibroblasts, occurring predominantly in soft tissues in middle-aged adults; depending on the tumor location and the classification system, the term is sometimes used synonymously with or as a general term including similar lesions such as atypical fibroxanthoma and dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans. The group is usually divided into five histological subtypes: angiomatoid, giant cell, inflammatory, myxoid, and storiform-pleomorphic malignant fibrous histiocytomas.
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| malignant g. |
glaucoma that grows rapidly worse in spite of iridectomy.
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