The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nonmalignant \Non`ma*lig"nant\, a. Not malignant, as a disease; -- used especially of tumors; as, a nonmalignant growth on the liver.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Not malignant, without malice. 2 (context medicine English) Of a growth in the body, not cancerous.
WordNet
adj. not threatening to life or health; not malignant; "a benign tumor is usually harmless" [syn: harmless]
Usage examples of "nonmalignant".
We will know which gene we have to perturb with what, or which sequences of genes we have to perturb in what temporal order, to guide the differentiation of a cancer cell to nonmalignant behavior or to apoptosis, or to guide the regeneration of some tissue.
On Halloween night, 1989--eighteen months after the discovery of the nonmalignant fibroid--Anna found a lump near the scar tissue that had formed following the needle biopsy.