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malignancy

Pronunciation: /məˈlɪgnənsi/

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Definition of malignancy

noun (plural malignancies)

[mass noun]
  • 1the state or presence of a malignant tumour; cancer:after biopsy, evidence of malignancy was found
  • [count noun] a cancerous growth: a malignancy had been removed from the left ventricle
  • [count noun] a form of cancer: diffuse malignancies such as leukaemia
  • 2the quality of being malign:her eyes sparkled with renewed malignancy

malignancy in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of malignancy in the US English dictionary