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ma·lig·nan·cy

(mə-lĭg′nən-sē)

n. pl. ma·lig·nan·cies

1. also ma·lig·nance (-nəns) The state or quality of being malignant.

2. A malignant tumor.

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malignancy

(məˈlɪɡnənsɪ)

n, pl -cies

1. the state or quality of being malignant

2. (Pathology) pathol a cancerous growth

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ma•lig•nan•cy

(məˈlɪg nən si)

n., pl. -cies.

1. the quality or condition of being malignant.

2. malignant character or behavior.

3. a malignant tumor.

Also, ma•lig′nance (for defs. 1, 2).

[1595–1605]

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Noun	1.	malignancy - (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death malignance cancer cell - a cell that is part of a malignant tumor medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques malignant neoplasm, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor - a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body
	2.	malignancy - quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will malignance, malignity evilness, evil - the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world" benignancy, benignity, graciousness - the quality of being kind and gentle

malignancy

noun

A desire to harm others or to see others suffer:

despitefulness, ill will, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignity, meanness, nastiness, poisonousness, spite, spitefulness, venomousness, viciousness.

Translations

malignit...malignità

malignancy

[məˈlɪgnənsɪ] N → malignidad f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

malignancy

[məˈlɪgnənsi] n [tumour, disease] → malignité f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

malignancy

n → Bösartigkeit f; (Med) → Malignität f (spec), → Bösartigkeit f; (fig: = evil thing) → Übel nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

malignancy

[məˈlɪgnənsɪ] n (of person, remark) → malignità f inv; (of tumour) → carattere m maligno

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

ma·lig·nan·cy

1. n. cualidad de malignidad;

2. tumor canceroso.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

malignancy

n malignidad f, cáncer m

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In that case, of course, people are not spiteful in silence, but moan; but they are not candid moans, they are malignant moans, and the malignancy is the whole point.

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The malignancy of publishers, however, could not turn me back.

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One moment Sara would interpose her body between Michael and the leopard, which was still being delayed by the prodding irons; and the next moment she would turn to screech at the fanged cat is if by very advertisement of her malignancy she might intimidate him into keeping back.

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He came out of the tangle a spectacle of malignancy, ears flattened back, lips writhing, nose wrinkling, his teeth clipping together as the fangs barely missed the hound's soft throat.

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Somewhere there, on that desolate plain, was lurking this fiendish man, hiding in a burrow like a wild beast, his heart full of malignancy against the whole race which had cast him out.

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But before that, as trial judge, he had earned sentence of death by his fiendish malignancy. I was one of those that tried him and passed sentence upon him.

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While she was shrinking within herself, in dread of having her ears wounded by some proposal still more shocking than the last, the voice of Magua answered, in its tones of deepest malignancy:

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For I have already had frequent proof of the judgments, as well of those I esteemed friends, as of some others to whom I thought I was an object of indifference, and even of some whose malignancy and envy would, I knew, determine them to endeavor to discover what partiality concealed from the eyes of my friends.

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"Dummer Kerl!"said the bird-faced man suddenly in a tone of concentrated malignancy, glaring under his bandages.

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Familial relative risks (FRRs) were quantified by calculating standardized incident ratios (SIRs) for the 391,131 first-degree relatives of 153,115 patients diagnosed with a primary hematological malignancy.

Hematological Malignancy Risk Up for First-Degree Relatives; Increased familial relative risks for the same tumor type for most hematological malignancies

The study of 993 patients with 245 malignancies shows that Verm's second generation multivariate index assay, Overa (MIA2G), had superior sensitivity to the current standards of care, Risk of Malignancy Algorithm and CA125, in detecting ovarian cancer, and the lowest false-negative rate in correctly characterizing ovarian malignancy risk.

Verm Publishes New Study Demonstrating Overa's Greater Sensitivity in Detecting Ovarian Cancer Compared with ROMA, HE4 + CA125, and CA125 Alone

The study of 993 patients with 245 malignancies shows that Vermillion's second generation multivariate index assay, Overa, had superior sensitivity to the current standards of care, Risk of Malignancy Algorithm, or ROMA, and CA125, in detecting ovarian cancer, and the lowest false-negative rate in correctly characterizing ovarian malignancy risk.