Definitions of malignancy [əˈlɪg nən si]

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Definition of 'malignancy'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) malignancy
the quality or condition of being malignant.

2. malignancy
malignant character or behavior.

3. malignancy
a malignant tumor.

Etymology: (1595–1605)

Definition of 'malignancy'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) malignancy, malignance
(medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death

2. (noun) malignity, malignancy, malignance
quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will

Definition of 'malignancy'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) malignancy
the state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart

2. (noun) malignancy
unfavorableness; evil nature

3. (noun) malignancy
virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever

4. (noun) malignancy
the state of being a malignant

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