benign
About 7.22 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Kind; gentle; mild.
- adjective Of a climate or environment, mild and favorable.
- adjective Not harmful to the environment.
an ozone-benign refrigerant
- adjective Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.
a benign tumor
Similar words
benignant kindly genial harmless kind nonmalignant kind-hearted gentle caring compassionate
Often followed by
and tumors prostatic or neglect tumor lesions influence breast
Word family
benignities benignity benignly
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