Podiatry Medical Assistant Practice Test

The term that describes something harmless is benign. In pathology, benign refers to a non-cancerous growth that stays localized, grows slowly, and does not invade surrounding tissues or spread to distant sites. Malignant describes cancerous growths that invade and metastasize. A neoplasm is any new growth, which can be either benign or malignant, so it doesn’t specify harmlessness. A lesion is a broad label for any abnormal tissue change, and it can be benign or harmful, so it isn’t the precise descriptor for something harmless.