benign
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Via French from Latin benignus (kind, good), from bonus (good) + genus (sort, kind). Compare malign.
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[edit] Adjective
benign (comparative benigner, superlative benignest)
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- Kind; gentle; mild.
- (medicine) Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.
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kind, gentle, mild
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(medicine) not posing any serious threat to health
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