noncancerous
adjective
(alsonon-cancerous)uk/ˌnɒnˈkæn.sə.rəs/us/ˌnɑːnˈkæn.sə.rəs/notcausedby orinvolvingcancer:
She had anoperationtotreatsome noncancerous growths.
Around ninetypercentoflumpsturnout to be non-cancerous.
- She took tenweeksoffworkafter having a noncanceroustumourremoved.
- Radiationtreatmentcan also be used totreatmany noncancerousdiseases.
- Thetreatmentyou will beoffereddependson whether thetumouriscancerousor noncancerous.
- Thedoctorsdiscovereda non-cancerouslumpin herliver.
Disease & illness - general words
- acute
- aggressiveness
- autoimmune disease
- bilharzia
- bluetongue
- calculus
- CFS
- hypochondriac
- iatrogenic
- ill health
- impairment
- incurably
- outbreak
- pathology
- pathway
- uncomplicated
- variant
- worried well
- zoonosis
- zoonotic