About The Word Malignance
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Malignance
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What's The Definition Of Malignance?
[n] quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
[n] (medical) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death Synonyms | Synonyms for Malignance: malignancy | malignancy | malignity Related Terms | Find terms related to Malignance: See Also | cancer cell | disease | evil | evilness | malignant neoplasm | malignant tumor | metastatic tumor Malignance In Webster's Dictionary \Ma*lig"nance\, Malignancy \Ma*lig"nan*cy\, n. [See
{Malignant}.]
1. The state or quality of being malignant; extreme
malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of
heart.
2. Unfavorableness; evil nature.
The malignancy of my fate might perhaps distemner
yours. --Shak.
3. (Med.) Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the
malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever.
4. The state of being a malignant.
Syn: Malice; malevolence; malignity. See {Malice}.
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