malignancies
plural of malignancy
Source: Wiktionary
Ma*lig"nance, Ma*lig"nan*cy , n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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