"malignancy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /məˈlɪɡ.nən.si/ Forms: malignancies [plural]
Etymology: malignant + -cy or malign + -ancy Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|malignant|cy}} malignant + -cy, {{suffix|en|malign|ancy}} malign + -ancy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} malignancy (countable and uncountable, plural malignancies)
  1. The state of being malignant or diseased. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state of being malignant): зловредност (zlovrednost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), zhoubnost [feminine] (Czech), malignita [feminine] (Czech), pahanlaatuisuus (Finnish), urchóideacht [feminine] (Irish), aincis [feminine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-malignancy-en-noun-hgZ17xqf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ancy, English terms suffixed with -cy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 28 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ancy: 61 28 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 61 28 11 Disambiguation of 'state of being malignant': 83 12 5
  2. A malignant cancer; specifically, any neoplasm that is invasive or otherwise not benign. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (malignant cancer): злокачественост (zlokačestvenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), zhoubné bujení (Czech), pahanlaatuinen kasvain (Finnish), urchóid [feminine] (Irish), urchóideacht [feminine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-malignancy-en-noun-Yi7O1BXB Disambiguation of 'malignant cancer': 12 81 7
  3. That which is malign; evil, depravity, malevolence. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (that which is malign, evil, malevolence): злоба (zloba) (Bulgarian), pahanlaatuisuus (Finnish), urchóid [feminine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-malignancy-en-noun-y1yUiBxB Disambiguation of 'that which is malign, evil, malevolence': 11 11 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: malignance, malignity Derived forms: nonmalignancy, premalignancy, pseudomalignancy Related terms: malign, malignly, malignment

Inflected forms

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