Word Finder - benign

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Kind; gentle; mild.

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(of a climate or environment) mild and favorable

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(in combination) Not harmful to the environment.

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an ozone-benign refrigerant

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Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.

Their whole business was to hunt through the older authorities in search of " benign " decisions.

It sounds pretty benign, Howie.

Most of them are benign and do not need treatment.

Some benign bone tumors shrink or disappear without treatment.

Although most skin warts are benign and painless, most are unsightly and people plagued with them seek options for removal.

Direct electricity is the most environmentally benign fuel known to man.

To maintain trade which is mutually advantageous and ecologically benign.

Last year's Lisbon summit took place in the context of a relatively benign economic climate.

I've described this because at the same time, the southwest was having a comparatively benign winter with much lower rainfall.

Despite the recent rises in raw material costs, the inflationary outlook in manufacturing remains benign.

However, they look benign compared with levels of more than three million in the mid-1980s.

If the tumor does not do this it is termed benign.

But that makes it sound somehow too benign, too tame.

Don't be fooled by his unkempt appearance, benign expression and softly spoken Irish brogue.

In bonds, they bet that interest rates will remain low, inflation benign and borrower default levels at unusually low rates.

The boom in scrapbooking prompted a litany of companies to turn the once benign hobby into a full-fledged synergistic multi-media phenomenon.

This often comes as somewhat of a surprise to individuals, particularly if they are taking the drug for a benign purpose such as pain relief.

Bateman had surgery in 2005 to remove a benign polyp from his throat.

The girls' footless tights versions are appropriately more benign.

The most benign college web cams include campus cameras intended to highlight various buildings, activities, or simply provide a glimpse of what's happening today at the institution.

This is a natural cycle in a forest, and parts of your garden may benefit from a little benign neglect.

Most colon and rectal cancers arise from benign growths called polyps.

However, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal, benign sleep myoclonus usually resolves itself by the time a child is three months old.

The major observable difference between the jerking of benign sleep myoclonus and an actual seizure is that the former will stop as soon as the affected infant is woken up.

However, in many cases, snoring is simply a result of loose throat tissue, clogged nasal passages or something equally benign.

Well, whether you have nefarious motives or benign reasons for wanting an invincibility cheat, the answer to your question is below.

It also may be called functional, physiologic, or benign.

Benign-In medical usage, benign is the opposite of malignant.

A bilirubin level of 12 mg/dL may be pathologic in an infant younger than 48 hours but is benign in an infant older than 72 hours.

Cephalohematoma-A benign swelling of the scalp in a newborn due to an effusion of blood beneath the connective tissue that surrounds the skull, often resulting from birth trauma.

Only rarely is anticonvulsant therapy recommended for a child with febrile seizures because of the generally benign nature of the seizures and the risk of side effects from the drugs.

Most moles are benign (not cancerous), but atypical moles (dysplastic nevi) may develop into malignant melanoma, a potentially fatal form of skin cancer.

The dermatoscope, which can be used to distinguish between benign moles and melanomas, is an instrument that resembles an ophthalmoscope used to look at the eye.

A combination of high-frequency ultrasound and color Doppler studies has also been shown to have a high degree of accuracy in distinguishing between melanomas and benign moles.

Many mouth ulcers are benign and resolve without specific treatment.

Most cases of stomatitis in children are benign and resolve within a relatively short period of time.

In some cases, a child may have benign macrocephaly.

For children with benign familial macrocephaly, the prognosis is excellent.

Most headaches in children and adolescents are benign and not the result of an underlying disease or disorder.

Most headaches are benign (not the result of a severe disease).

Parents should remember that colic is a benign condition, and the only treatment is through a matter of experimentation and observation.

Underlying problems may be benign and easily treated, or they may be dangerous and in need of intensive therapy.

An acoustic neuroma, for example, is a benign tumor that wraps around the nerve.

Acoustic neuroma-A benign tumor that grows on the nerve leading from the inner ear to the brain.

Most primary bone tumors are benign, and the cells that compose them do not spread (metastasize) to nearby tissue or to other parts of the body.

Giant cell tumors are originally benign but sometimes become malignant.

Both benign and malignant bone tumors can distort and weaken bone and cause pain, but benign tumors are generally painless and asymptomatic.

Physical examination and routine x rays may yield enough evidence to diagnose benign bone tumors, but removal of tumor tissue for microscopic analysis (biopsy) is the only sure way to rule out malignancy.

Performed under local or general anesthetic, biopsy reveals whether a tumor is benign or malignant and identifies the type of cancer cells the malignant tumor contains.

Benign brain tumors rarely recur, but sarcomas can reappear after treatment was believed to have eliminated every cell.