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1malignant pustule — n localized anthrax of the skin taking the form of a pimple surrounded by a zone of edema and hyperemia and tending to become necrotic and ulcerated * * * the initial skin lesion of cutaneous anthrax; called also malignant carbuncle …
2malignant transformation — n the transformation that a cell undergoes to become a rapidly dividing tumor producing cell also the transformation of a mass of cells or a tissue into a rapidly growing tumor <malignant transformation of certain warts> …
3Malignant narcissism — See also: Narcissism and Narcissistic personality disorder For the Rush instrumental, see Malignant Narcissism (instrumental). Malignant narcissism has been described as an extreme form of antisocial personality disorder that is manifest in… …
4malignant — 1. Resistant to treatment; occurring in severe form, and frequently fatal; tending to become worse and leading to an ingravescent course. 2. In reference to a neoplasm, having the property of locally invasive and destructive growth and metastasis …
5Malignant tumor — Tumor Tu mor, n. [L., fr. tumere to swell: cf. F. tume[ u]r. See {Tumid}.] 1. (Med.) A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
6malignant atrophic papulosis — an often fatal disease usually seen in men, characterized by endovasculitis of the skin, gastrointestinal tract, and sometimes other organs, resulting in ischemic infarction of involved tissues. Skin lesions are erythematous papules that become… …
7malignant pustule — noun a form of anthrax infection that begins as papule that becomes a vesicle and breaks with a discharge of toxins; symptoms of septicemia are severe with vomiting and high fever and profuse sweating; the infection is often fatal • Syn:… …
8Neuroleptic malignant syndrome — Classification and external resources ICD 10 G21.0 ICD 9 333.92 …
9ovarian borderline malignant tumor — A condition in which cells that may become cancer form in the thin layer of tissue that covers an ovary (female reproductive gland in which eggs are made). In this condition, tumor cells rarely spread outside of the ovary. Also called ovarian low …
10ovarian low malignant potential tumor — A condition in which cells that may become cancer form in the thin layer of tissue that covers an ovary (female reproductive gland in which eggs are made). In this condition, tumor cells rarely spread outside of the ovary. Also called ovarian… …
