malignancy
Americannoun
plural
malignancies-
the quality or condition of being malignant.
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malignant character, behavior, action, or the like.
the malignancies of war.
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a malignant tumor.
noun
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the state or quality of being malignant
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pathol a cancerous growth
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of malignancy
First recorded in 1595–1605; malign(ant) + -ancy
Vocabulary lists containing malignancy
Example Sentences
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Malignancy seeps in and manifests by creating a condition of exhaustion.
From Salon • Jul. 24, 2019
Such a Number of Soldiers was sent to Paderborn as crowded the Hospitals there, and increased the Malignancy of the Distempers so that a great many died.
From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald
When they occur at the Beginning of malignant Fevers, they declare the high Degree of their Malignancy, and the great Diminution of the Patient's natural Strength.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)
Malignancy was rampant and Arnold was pursued with great bitterness.
From Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence by Wrong, George McKinnon
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