Definitions for malignancy
məˈlɪg nən sima·lig·nan·cy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. malignancy, malignancenoun

   (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death

2. malignity, malignancy, malignancenoun

   quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. malignancynoun

   The state of being malignant or diseased.

2. malignancynoun

   A malignant cancer; specifically, any neoplasm that is invasive or otherwise not benign.

3. malignancynoun

   That which is malign; evil, depravity, malevolence.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Malignancynoun

   Etymology: from malignant.

   1. Malevolence; malice; unfavourableness.

   My stars shine darkly over me; the malignancy of my fate might, perhaps, distemper yours; therefore I crave your leave, that I may bear my evils alone. William Shakespeare.

   2. Destructive tendency.

   The infection doth produce a bubo, which, according to the degree of its malignancy, either proves easily curable, or else it proceeds in its venom. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

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1. Malignancy

   Malignancy (from Latin male 'badly', and -gnus 'born') is the tendency of a medical condition to become progressively worse. Malignancy is most familiar as a characterization of cancer. A malignant tumor contrasts with a non-cancerous benign tumor in that a malignancy is not self-limited in its growth, is capable of invading into adjacent tissues, and may be capable of spreading to distant tissues. A benign tumor has none of those properties. Malignancy in cancers is characterized by anaplasia, invasiveness, and metastasis. Malignant tumors are also characterized by genome instability, so that cancers, as assessed by whole genome sequencing, frequently have between 10,000 and 100,000 mutations in their entire genomes. Cancers usually show tumour heterogeneity, containing multiple subclones. They also frequently have reduced expression of DNA repair enzymes due to epigenetic methylation of DNA repair genes or altered microRNAs that control DNA repair gene expression. Tumours can be detected through the visualisation or sensation of a lump on the body. In cases where there is no obvious representation of a lump, a mammogram or an MRI test can be used to determine the presence of a tumour. In the case of an existing tumour, a biopsy would be then required to make a diagnosis as this detects if the tumour is malignant or benign. This involves examination of a small sample of the tissue in a laboratory. If detected as a malignant tumour, treatment would be necessary. Treatment during early stages is most effective. Forms of treatment include chemotherapy, surgery, photoradiation and hyperthermia, amongst various others.

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1. malignancy

   Malignancy refers to a severe, progressively worsening disease typically associated with cancer. It denotes a condition characterized by abnormal cells that grow, spread uncontrollably, and often invade nearby tissues or distant parts of the body. These malignant properties differentiate it from benign conditions, which are non-cancerous and do not spread to other body parts.

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1. Malignancynoun

   the state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart

2. Malignancynoun

   unfavorableness; evil nature

3. Malignancynoun

   virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever

4. Malignancynoun

   the state of being a malignant

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1. Malignancy

   Malignancy is a brutal death metal band from Yonkers, New York formed in 1992.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of malignancy in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of malignancy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of malignancy in a Sentence

1. Karen Knudsen:

   Unfortunately, prostate cancer remains the number one most frequently diagnosed malignancy amongst men in this country, with almost 290,000 men expected to be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year.

2. Carter Center:

   President Carter has received good news from his Winship Cancer Institute doctors, they tell him that recent tests have shown there is no evidence of new malignancy, and his original problem is responding well to treatment. Further tests will continue.

3. Alice Lee:

   If you have a later age at first birth, you essentially are able to clear more of the malignancy-transformed cells.

4. Robert Kotloff:

   We now view LAM in essence as a malignancy but one that progresses over years, not days or months like cancer.

5. Radovan Karadzic:

   It did not occur to anyone to investigate the high instance of malignancy.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=malignancy
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Malignancy
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=malignancy
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malignancy
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malignancy
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=malignancy