malignance

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noun

malignancy

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malignancymalignity
OriginLatin malignantia →
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Meanings

nounmalignance (countable and uncountable, plural malignances)

plural malignances

  1. countableuncountablemalignancy

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death

Similar
malignancy
Broader
disease

nounquality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will

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malignitymalignancy
Broader
evilevilness
Also see
malignancymalignity

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinmalignantia
  2. Englishmalignance

From malignant + -ance or Latin malignantia.

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Cite this entry
APA

malignance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malignance

MLA

“malignance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malignance. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “malignance,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malignance.

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