noun
Meaning 1
malignancy
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
malignance
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noun
Meaning 2
quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: malignity, malignancy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: evil, evilness
noun
Meaning 3
(medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: malignancy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disease
Narrower terms: malignant tumor, malignant neoplasm, metastatic tumor
History
Etymology
From malignant + -ance or Latin malignantia.