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malignance

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  1. 1. n. Alt. of Malignancy Source: opted
  2. 2. n. (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death Source: wordnet
  3. 3. n. quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 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. Source: webster
  5. 5. n (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death n quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will Source: ecdict

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