malignant neoplastic disease
- noun
- /məˈlɪɡnənt niˈoʊplæstɪk dɪˈziːz/
- Specialized
:
enfermedad neoplásica maligna
- She was diagnosed with a rare form of malignant neoplastic disease last year.
Examples
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Recent advances in medicine have improved survival rates for those with malignant neoplastic disease.
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A diagnosis of malignant neoplastic disease can be life-altering.
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Early detection is crucial in treating malignant neoplastic disease effectively.
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Many patients fear malignant neoplastic diseases due to their severity.
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Early detection is crucial in treating malignant neoplastic disease effectively.
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Recent advances in medicine have improved survival rates for those with malignant neoplastic disease.
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She was diagnosed with a rare form of malignant neoplastic disease last year.
Synonyms
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2.7
A serious disease in which body cells grow out of control and spread
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8.0
Cancer cells that grow without control and can destroy nearby tissue
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5.0
A group of harmful cells that grow and spread in the body
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5.2
A cancer that grows into nearby tissue and can spread to other parts of the body
A disease that grows and spreads quickly and is hard to treat
How Malignant
- Specialized
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5.1
- Specialized
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3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
malignant + neoplastic + disease
The phrase is compositionally built: 'malignant' (harmful, aggressive) + 'neoplastic' (relating to abnormal tumor growth) + 'disease' (a medical condition) yields a disease caused by malignant tumor growth. Although 'neoplastic' is technical vocabulary, if a B1 learner already knows the constituent meanings the overall sense is directly predictable and mirrors similar medical constructions in other languages.
Etymology
Malignant neoplastic disease comes from older words: malignant meaning 'bad', neoplastic meaning 'new growth', and disease meaning 'illness'. So the phrase gives the image of a 'bad new growth' that is a tumor and can spread to other body parts, which is why it means a serious, often cancerous illness.