Found 2 items, similar to malignancy.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: malignancy malignancy n 1: (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death [syn: malignance] 2: quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will [syn: malignity, malignance] [ant: benignity, benignity]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Malignancy Malignance \Ma*lig"nance\, Malignancy \Ma*lig"nan*cy\, n. [See Malignant.] 1. The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; disposition toward evil; intense ill will; as, malignancy of heart. [1913 Webster] 2. Unfavorableness; evil nature. [1913 Webster] The malignancy of my fate might perhaps distemner yours. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. (Med.) Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever. [1913 Webster] 4. Hence: (Med.) A cancerous tumor that is spreading beyond the point of origin. Syn: malignant tumor, malignant neoplasm, metastatic tumor. [WordNet 1.5] 5. The state of being a malignant. [1913 Webster]