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Definition of: benign

(bi·nīn) adjective
1. Gracious; generous; kindly.
2. Soft; genial; propitious; mild.
3. Pathol. Of a mild type: opposed to malignant: a benign tumor or disease. See synonyms under BLAND, CHARITABLE, PROPITIOUS. [<OF benigne <L benignus kindly]
—be·nign′ly
adverb

Most often used phrases:

benign prostatic
benign tumor
benign tumors
benign neoplasm
environmentally benign
benign neglect
benign condition
benign tumour
benign paroxysmal
benign familial
generally benign
fairly benign
benign brain
common benign
seemingly benign

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Statistical data

"benign" has the frequency of use of 0.0003% on city-data.com forum

"benign" has the frequency of use of 0.0002% on en.wikipedia.org.

Phrases starting with the letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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