English noun: malignancy | |||
1. | malignancy (state) (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death | ||
Synonyms | malignance | ||
Broader (hypernym) | disease | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | malignant neoplasm, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor | ||
Part holonym | cancer cell | ||
Domain category | medical specialty, medicine | ||
2. | malignancy (attribute) quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will | ||
Synonyms | malignance, malignity | ||
Broader (hypernym) | evil, evilness | ||
Attribute | malign | ||
Antonyms | benignancy, benignity, graciousness | ||