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malignance

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Malignance  \Ma*lig"nance\,  Malignancy  \Ma*lig"nan*cy\,  n.  [See 
  {Malignant}.] 
  1.  The  state  or  quality  of  being  malignant;  extreme 
  malevolence;  bitter  enmity;  malice;  as  malignancy  of 
  heart. 
 
  2.  Unfavorableness;  evil  nature. 
 
  The  malignancy  of  my  fate  might  perhaps  distemner 
  yours  --Shak. 
 
  3.  (Med.)  Virulence;  tendency  to  a  fatal  issue;  as  the 
  malignancy  of  an  ulcer  or  of  a  fever. 
 
  4.  The  state  of  being  a  malignant. 
 
  Syn:  Malice;  malevolence;  malignity.  See  {Malice}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  malignance 
  n  1:  (medical)  a  malignant  state;  progressive  and  resistant  to 
  treatment  and  tending  to  cause  death  [syn:  {malignancy}] 
  2:  quality  of  being  disposed  to  evil;  intense  ill  will  [syn:  {malignity}, 
  {malignancy}]  [ant:  {benignity},  {benignity}]




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