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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

Inhibition of Drp-1 reversed the mitochondrial fragmentation and restored the degree of mitochondrial networking in malignant cancer cells to the levels we observed in healthy non-malignant cells.

From Scientific American Mar. 29, 2012

De Morgan and others have shown the same thing to be true of non-malignant morbid growths.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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