MALIGNANCIES

Noun

malignancies

plural of malignancy

Source: Wiktionary


MALIGNANCY

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



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