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The term “malignant” is mainly used in the context of cancer, but can also be used to describe a condition that can be acutely damaging to the body, such as “malignant hypertension”.

Dr. Dean Giannone reviewed this

27 year experience in Internal Medicine

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

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