malignance
malignance · malignances
MalignancyMalignancy
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Malignancy
More definitions
- (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
- quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
Origin
From malignant + -ance or Latin malignantia.From malignant + -ance or Latin malignantia.
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Forms
plural: malignances| Singular | malignance |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death:malignancy
- quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will:malignitymalignancy
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedmalignant
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable