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View synonyms for malignancy

malignancy

[ muh-lig-nuhn-see ]

noun

, plural ma·lig·nan·cies
  1. the quality or condition of being malignant.
  2. malignant character, behavior, action, or the like:

    the malignancies of war.

  3. a malignant tumor.


malignancy

/ məˈlɪɡnənsɪ /

noun

  1. the state or quality of being malignant
  2. pathol a cancerous growth


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Other Words From

  • nonma·lignance noun
  • nonma·lignan·cy noun plural nonmalignancies

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Word History and Origins

Origin of malignancy1

First recorded in 1595–1605; malign(ant) + -ancy

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Example Sentences

And it seemed that alcohol and tobacco worked together in toxic synergy to produce the malignancy.

Those whose intentions were strictly creditable, by some malignancy of fate, possessed no influence whatever.

The great purple veins stood out on his forehead, and his features were distorted with malignancy.

Few would accuse a workman of malignancy who cleanses from filth the surface of a noble statue.

Even the dogs, even they were hostile to us and hurled themselves at us with a peculiar malignancy.

About midsummer the disease betrayed its malignancy by the eruption of whelks and spots.

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