non-cancerous

non-cancerous — adjective

1. describing body tissue, a lump, or a medical condition that does not contain can

1.形容詞C1
釋義

describing body tissue, a lump, or a medical condition that does not contain cancer and is not caused by it.

例句

The scan showed that the lump in Eve's breast was non-cancerous.

predicative diagnosis: be non-cancerous

Doctors removed a non-cancerous cyst from Christopher's wrist last Tuesday.

attributive use: non-cancerous + medical noun

同義詞
  • benign

    the most common medical alternative for a lump or tumour that is not cancer

  • non-malignant

    more formal and technical, especially in reports or specialist speech

  • harmless

    much broader; it means not dangerous in general, not specifically about cancer

反義詞
  • cancerous

    the everyday opposite for tissue or growths that contain cancer

  • malignant

    the formal medical opposite, especially in clinical writing

文法句型

non-cancerous + lump/growth/cyst/tissue/cell

be / look non-cancerous

用法筆記

Usually describes test results, cells, tissue, cysts, growths, or lumps rather than people. In everyday medical English, it is plainer than the more technical non-malignant.

常見錯誤

❌Jack is non-cancerous after the test.
✅Jack's lung nodule is non-cancerous after the test.
💡the adjective describes the growth or tissue, not the patient.