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non-malignant

British  
/ ˌnɒnməˈlɪɡnənt /

adjective

  1. (of a tumour) not uncontrollable or resistant to therapy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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These evolving views of haematopoiesis have broad implications for our understanding of the functions of adult stem cells, as well as the development of new therapies for malignant and non-malignant haematopoietic diseases.

From Nature Jan. 23, 2018

Newsweek has reported, based on medical records, that the girl’s missing eye is the result of surgery to remove a non-malignant tumor when she was 13.

From New York Times Jun. 2, 2014

Peter Toth, a pharmacologist and neuroscientist who directed the confocal microscopy imaging core in Stephen’s group, used his extraordinary live-cell imaging expertise to visualize the mitochondrial networks of malignant and non-malignant lung cells over time.

From Scientific American Mar. 29, 2012

Prior studies have detailed the role of Drp-1 in non-malignant cells where the protein appears to play a role in cell death.

From Scientific American Mar. 29, 2012

There are exceptions to this rule, however, when even this otherwise non-malignant disease may entail the loss of all the genitals.

From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles

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