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单词 malignancy
释义

malignancy

noun

ma·​lig·​nan·​cy mə-ˈlig-nən(t)-sē How to pronounce malignancy (audio)
plural malignancies
1
: the quality or state of being malignant
2
a
: exhibition (as by a tumor) of malignant qualities : virulence
b
: a malignant tumor

Synonyms

  • cattiness
  • despite
  • hatefulness
  • malevolence
  • malice
  • maliciousness
  • malignance
  • malignity
  • meanness
  • nastiness
  • spite
  • spitefulness
  • spleen
  • venom
  • viciousness
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Example Sentences

the malignancy of the tumor The test revealed a malignancy in the patient's chest.
Recent Examples on the Web The governor described the cancer as a small, isolated malignancy. Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al, 22 Aug. 2022 For the rare bone-marrow malignancy AL amyloidosis, diagnosis can require multiple visits to physicians, often over a few years. Scientific American, 16 Nov. 2021 If she is not treated and her cancer gallops into a malignancy that kills her, that too might have happened even if she had been given the cancer drugs. New York Times, 23 July 2022 Imaging revealed the tumor had not been removed, nor had a metal clip placed at the site of the biopsy to help identify the location of the malignancy. Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2022 The latest evidence of that malignancy comes in a New York Times report about the Jan. 6 insurrection and how GOP congressional leaders responded in the immediate aftermath. Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022 Last year the scientists behind the melanoma study found that antioxidants fuel the growth of another type of malignancy, lung cancer. Melinda Wenner Moyer, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2015 Radioactive iodine still helps for high risk thyroid cancer, where the malignancy has already spread throughout the body. Angus Chen, STAT, 10 Mar. 2022 Then, there is the PTSD, radiation exposure, gravitational shifts and many injuries that increase his likelihood of accelerated bone loss and malignancy -- not to mention his chronic heart disease. Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 13 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

malignancy

noun

ma·​lig·​nan·​cy mə-ˈlig-nən-sē How to pronounce malignancy (audio)
plural malignancies
1
: the quality or state of being malignant
2
a
: exhibition (as by a tumor) of malignant qualities : virulence
b
: a malignant tumor

malignancy

noun

as in malice
the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm her irrepressible malignancy was such that she even attacked her friends behind their backs

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • malice
  • venom
  • hatred
  • cruelty
  • malignance
  • malignity
  • spite
  • malevolence
  • spitefulness
  • maliciousness
  • hostility
  • hatefulness
  • meanness
  • jealousy
  • spleen
  • viciousness
  • contempt
  • disgust
  • bitterness
  • nastiness
  • hate
  • despite
  • abusiveness
  • disdain
  • jaundice
  • cattiness
  • antagonism
  • enmity
  • animosity
  • abhorrence
  • resentment
  • loathing
  • antipathy
  • vindictiveness
  • abomination
  • rancor
  • repugnance
  • distaste
  • vengefulness
  • repulsion
  • grudge
  • revulsion
  • ill will
  • virulence
  • horror
  • invidiousness
  • resentment
  • bile
  • despicableness
  • execration
  • scorn
  • mean-spiritedness
  • rancor
  • aversion
  • pique
  • bitchiness
  • bitchery
  • vitriol

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • devotion
  • passion
  • love
  • understanding
  • infatuation
  • friendliness
  • affection
  • amity
  • worship
  • hospitality
  • adoration
  • ardor
  • veneration
  • civility
  • kindness
  • friendship
  • sympathy
  • amiability
  • charity
  • kindliness
  • amicability
  • empathy
  • cordiality
  • goodwill
  • comity
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