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 | ||