nonmalignant
Harmless growth type
Nonmalignant describes a growth or tumor that is not cancerous—it won't spread to other parts of the body or invade surrounding tissue.
The term appears primarily in medical contexts: The biopsy revealed a nonmalignant cyst.
Benign is the more common synonym.
Causing no injury
- innocuousCausing no harm
- nonthreateningCausing no alarm
- reliefEasing of distress
- reassuranceWords meant to calm
comfort · safe · mild · noninvasive · encouraging · hopeful · optimistic · good news
Capable of being cured
- curableAble to be healed
- manageableAble to be controlled
- stableSecure and unchanging
- nonfatalNot causing death
survivable · remission · recovery · nonprogressive · asymptomatic · favorable · operable · resectable
harmless
Causing no injury
- innocuousCausing no harm
- nonthreateningCausing no alarm
- reliefEasing of distress
reassurance · comfort · safe · mild · noninvasive · encouraging · hopeful · optimistic · good news · peace of mind
treatable
Capable of being cured
- curableAble to be healed
- manageableAble to be controlled
- stableSecure and unchanging
nonfatal · survivable · remission · recovery · nonprogressive · asymptomatic · favorable · operable · resectable · localized
benign
Not harmful or threatening
polyp · cyst · lipoma · meningioma · papilloma · angioma · chondroma · nevus · fibroid · hemangioma
diagnosis
Identification of illness
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
histology · radiology · imaging · ultrasound · mammogram · prognosis · oncology · monitoring · follow-up · excision
nonmalignantmalignant
Harmfully invasive, often fatal
cancerous · metastatic · invasive · neoplastic · aggressive
malign, malignant, malignancy, malignantly, malignance, malignancies