malignancy
the quality or condition of being malignant.
malignant character, behavior, action, or the like: the malignancies of war.
a malignant tumor.
Origin of malignancy
1- Also ma·lig·nance (for defs. 1, 2) .
Other words from malignancy
- non·ma·lig·nance, noun
- non·ma·lig·nan·cy, noun, plural non·ma·lig·nan·cies.
Words Nearby malignancy
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How to use malignancy in a sentence
Typically, all malignancies have the so-called “driver mutation”— the cancer’s main trigger caused by a mutated gene.
That’s the reason O’Kane participates in the PASS-01 trial—it will give doctors a better view into the exact specifics of their patients’ malignancies.
When the immune system is compromised, or the cancer evolves some kind of special mutation that makes them resistant to our immune system, you can end up with a malignancy.
And it seemed that alcohol and tobacco worked together in toxic synergy to produce the malignancy.
Michael Douglas Says Cunnilingus Caused His Oral Cancer. Really?! | Kent Sepkowitz | June 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThose whose intentions were strictly creditable, by some malignancy of fate, possessed no influence whatever.
Dope | Sax Rohmer
The great purple veins stood out on his forehead, and his features were distorted with malignancy.
The Argus Pheasant | John Charles BeechamFew would accuse a workman of malignancy who cleanses from filth the surface of a noble statue.
Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism | Thomas InmanEven the dogs, even they were hostile to us and hurled themselves at us with a peculiar malignancy.
The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories | Anton TchekoffAbout midsummer the disease betrayed its malignancy by the eruption of whelks and spots.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) | Charles Creighton
British Dictionary definitions for malignancy
/ (məˈlɪɡnənsɪ) /
the state or quality of being malignant
pathol a cancerous growth
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