malignancy
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ma·lig·nan·cy
(mə-lĭg'nən-sē) 
n., pl., -cies.
n., pl., -cies.
- also ma·lig·nance (-nəns) The state or quality of being malignant.
- Pathology. A malignant tumor.
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malignancy
noun
- A desire to harm others or to see others suffer: despitefulness, ill will, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignity, meanness, nastiness, poisonousness, spite, spitefulness, venomousness, viciousness. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.
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malignancy
A tendency to progress in virulence. In popular usage, any condition that, if uncorrected, tends to worsen so as to cause serious illness or death. Cancer is the best known example.
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