malignancy

Noun
Synonyms: malignancemalignity

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause deathSynonyms: malignance
  2. quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill willSynonyms: malignitymalignance
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Malignance \Ma*lig"nance\, Malignancy \Ma*lig"nan*cy\, n. [See Malignant.]

1.The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; disposition toward evil; intense ill will; as, malignancy of heart. [1913 Webster]

2.Unfavorableness; evil nature. [1913 Webster]

The malignancy of my fate might perhaps distemner yours.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.(Med.) Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever. [1913 Webster]

4.Hence: (Med.) A cancerous tumor that is spreading beyond the point of origin.

Syn: malignant tumor, malignant neoplasm, metastatic tumor. [WordNet 1.5]

5.The state of being a malignant. [1913 Webster]

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