malignancy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: malignancy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for malignancy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
malignancy n (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death Synonym(s): malignancy, malignance quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will Synonym(s): malignity, malignancy, malignance Antonym(s): benignancy, benignity, graciousness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Malignance \Malig"nance\, Malignancy* \Malig"nancy\, 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}.