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noun
The state of being malignant or diseased.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A malignant cancer; specifically, any neoplasm that is invasive or otherwise not benign.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
That which is malign; evil, depravity, malevolence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: malignity, malignance
Antonyms: benignancy
Broader terms: evil, evilness
noun
(medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: malignance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disease
Narrower terms: malignant tumor, malignant neoplasm, metastatic tumor
History
From malignant + -cy or malign + -ancy or Latin malignantia.
Across languages
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
