See Also: trophospongia(medicine)

malignant (iou) and trophospongia (medicine)


malignant (iou)



malignant adjective & noun. M16.
[Late Latin malignant- pres. ppl stem of malignare: see MALIGN verb, -ANT1.]
A. adjective.
Disposed to rebel against God or against constituted authority; disaffected. Now only Hist. (derog.), sympathetic to the royalist cause during the English civil war. M16.
Orig., (of a disease) liable to become progressively more severe; extremely virulent; very infectious. Now chiefly of a cancer or tumour: tending to spread to Other parts of the body, or to recur after removal; cancerous. M16.
malignant pustule: see PUSTULE 1.
Chiefly Astrology. Having an evil influence or effect. L16.
Characterized by intense ill will; keenly desirous of the suffering or misfortune of others. L16.
b. noun. A person who is disaffected towards constituted authority or (in early use) an accepted true Religion; a malcontent; Hist. (derog.) a supporter of the royalist cause during the English civil war. L16.
malignantly adverb M16.

trophospongia (medicine)


trophospongia


1. Canalicular structures described by A.F. Holmgren in the protoplasm of certain cells.

2. Vascular endometrium of the uterus between the myometrium and the trophoblast.

Origin: tropho-+ G. Spongia, a sponge