Buy American Act Law and Legal Definition. The Buy American Act (Act) is a federal legislation that requires the U.S. government to prefer U.S. made domestic products over foreign goods. However, in certain government procurements, the reliance on domestic products may be waived if the domestic product is more expensive than an identical foreign product. Domestic end product means an unmanufactured end product mined or produced in the U.S., if the cost of its components mined, produced, or manufactured in the U.S. exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its components. There are four exemptions to the Buy American Act under 43 CFR 12.730, and they are: 1.
General Discussion. Malignant Melanoma is a common skin cancer that arises from the melanin cells within the upper layer of the skin (epidermis) or from similar cells that may be found in moles (nevi). This type of skin cancer may send down roots into deeper layers of the skin.
For something that's very harmful, especially a tumor that's cancerous, use the term malignant. Malignant and its opposite benign are medical terms used to describe a tumor or growth as either cancerous or not respectively. The gn part of both words comes from the Latin word for born, differing in the prefix mal evil and bene kind.. A malignant tumor grows uncontrollably and spreads to other parts of the body.