良性肿瘤

良性腫瘤

liángxìng zhǒngliú

noun #61,641

Meanings

HSK 4

检查结果出来了，是良性肿瘤，不用担心。

Jiǎnchá jiéguǒ chūlai le, shì liángxìng zhǒngliú, búyòng dānxīn.

The test results are back: it's a benign tumor, nothing to worry about.

HSK 7-9

良性肿瘤一般长得慢，也不会转移，但有的也需要手术切除。

Liángxìng zhǒngliú yìbān zhǎng de màn, yě bú huì zhuǎnyí, dàn yǒude yě xūyào shǒushù qiēchú.

Benign tumors usually grow slowly and don't spread, but some still have to be removed surgically.

usage

The opposite is 恶性肿瘤 (malignant tumor), the clinical term for what people call 癌症 (cancer). 良性 also works figuratively: 良性循环 is a virtuous circle.

良 liáng

性 xìng

肿 zhǒng

瘤 liú