Definitions for: Malignance

[n] quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
[n] (medical) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death

Webster (1913) Definition: Ma*lig"nance, Malignancy Ma*lig"nan*cy, 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.

Synonyms: malignancy, malignancy, malignity

Antonyms: benignancy, benignity, graciousness

See Also: cancer cell, disease, evil, evilness, malignant neoplasm, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor

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