1. Noun
The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart.
2. Noun
Unfavorableness; evil nature.
3. Noun
Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever.
4. Noun
The state of being a malignant.
5. Noun
(medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare
6. Noun
quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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