Definition of Malignancy

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

Exact synonyms: Malignance
Terms within: Cancer Cell
Category relationships: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Generic synonyms: Disease
Specialized synonyms: Malignant Neoplasm, Malignant Tumor, Metastatic Tumor
Derivative terms: Malignant, Malignant

2. Noun. Quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will.
Exact synonyms: Malignance, Malignity
Generic synonyms: Evil, Evilness
Attributes: Malign
Antonyms: Benignancy, Benignity
Derivative terms: Malign

Definition of Malignancy

1. [n -CIES]

Medical Definition of Malignancy

1. (pl. Malignancies) a cancer. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malignancy

maliciously
maliciousness
maliciousnesses
malicious gossip
malicious mischief
malic acid
malic acid dehydrogenase
malic dehydrogenase
malic enzyme
malign
malign
malignance
malignances
malignancies
malignancy (current term)
malignancy (current term)
malignancy and immunodeficiency
malignant
malignant
malignantly
malignant anaemia
malignant anaemia
malignant anemia
malignant carcinoid syndrome
malignant catarrh
malignant catarrhal fever
malignant catarrhal fever virus
malignant catarrh of cattle
malignant ciliary epithelioma
malignant dysentery

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