malignance

Noun
  1. (medicine) a malignant state;
    Progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death (synset 114261043)
    referred to in: medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
    is a type of: disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
    subtypes: malignant neoplasm, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor - a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body
    has: cancer cell - a cell that is part of a malignant tumor
    same as: malignancy
  2. Quality of being disposed to evil;
    Intense ill will (synset 104850019)
    tells us about: malign - evil or harmful in nature or influence
    is a type of: evil, evilness - the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
    same as: malignancy, malignity

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