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