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Meaning of MALIGNANCE

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
  2. [n]  (medical) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
 

MALIGNANCE is a 10 letter word that starts with M.

 

 Synonyms: malignancy, malignancy, malignity
 
 Antonyms: benignancy, benignity, graciousness
 
 See Also: cancer cell, disease, evil, evilness, malignant neoplasm, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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