A benign substance or process does not have any harmful effects. We're taking relatively benign medicines and we're turning them into poisons
You use benign to describe someone who is kind, gentle, and harmless. They are normally a more benign audience = charitable + benignly be·nign·ly I just smiled benignly and stood back
An abnormal growth which will remain localized and which will not spread by the bloodstream or lymphatics to other tissues or organs
A term that is used to describe a tumor which does not spread but grows through expansion If within the body, its affects are often only noticed when the tumor interferes with the function of surrounding organs through displacement or pressure Within the brain benign tumors can be fatal as they compress sensitive structures within the rigid skull
A benign tumour will not cause death or serious harm. It wasn't cancer, only a benign tumour. malignant
non-cancerous, a growth that does not spread to other parts of the body or damage normal tissue
Not cancerous; does not invade nearby tissue or spread to other parts of the body