Hypertext Webster Gateway: "malignancy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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; 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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
malignancy
n 1: (medical) 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}]
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