Synonyms for malignancy
məˈlɪg nən sima·lig·nan·cy

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1. malignancy, malignancenoun

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

   Synonyms:
   malignance, malignity

   Antonyms:
   graciousness, benignancy, benignity

2. malignity, malignancy, malignancenoun

   quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will

   Synonyms:
   malevolence, malignance, malignity

   Antonyms:
   benignancy, graciousness, benignity

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1. malignancynoun

   Synonyms:
   malice, malignity

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1. Elvis Costello:

   Six weeks ago my specialist called me and said, 'You should start playing the Lotto', he had rarely, if ever, seen such a small but very aggressive cancerous malignancy that could be defeated by a single surgery.

2. Robert Kotloff:

   We now view LAM in essence as a malignancy but one that progresses over years, not days or months like cancer.

3. Karen Knudsen:

   Unfortunately, prostate cancer remains the number one most frequently diagnosed malignancy amongst men in this country, with almost 290,000 men expected to be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year.

4. Roger Perlmutter:

   I prefer to say we can treat this malignancy - remove any symptoms so daily living is as normal as possible.

5. Carter Center:

   President Carter has received good news from his Winship Cancer Institute doctors, they tell him that recent tests have shown there is no evidence of new malignancy, and his original problem is responding well to treatment. Further tests will continue.