MALIGNANT (NOUN MALIGNANCY)

Meaning of MALIGNANT (NOUN MALIGNANCY) in English

refers to a cancer, neoplasm or tumor that grows in an uncontrolled manner, invading nearby tissue and spreading (metastasizing) to other sites through the bloodstream. Contrast with benign.

AIDS English Glossary. Английский словарь СПИДа. 2012

NOUN — substantive, nómine
English interlingue dictionary
MALIGNANT — malefic
English interlingue dictionary
NOUN — ~ see: name Date: 14th century any member of a class of words that typically can be combined with determiners …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MALIGNANCY — noun (plural -cies) Date: 1601 the quality or state of being malignant, 2. exhibition (as by a tumor) of malignant …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MALIGNANT — I. -nənt adjective Etymology: Late Latin malignant-, malignans, present participle of malignare, malignari to act maliciously 1. a. obsolete : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOUN — ˈnau̇n noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English nowne, from Anglo-French noun name, noun, from Old French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MALIGNANCY — -nənsē, -si noun ( -es ) Etymology: malignant (I) + -cy 1. a. : the quality or state of being …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOUN — (n.) A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; …
Английский словарь Webster
MALIGNANT — (a.) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria.
Английский словарь Webster
MALIGNANCY — (n.) The state of being a malignant.
Английский словарь Webster
MALIGNANCY — (n.) Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever.
Английский словарь Webster
MALIGNANCY — (n.) Unfavorableness; evil nature.
Английский словарь Webster
MALIGNANCY — (n.) The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart.
Английский словарь Webster
NOUN — ( n. ) A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MALIGNANT — ( a. ) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MALIGNANCY — ( n. ) Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MALIGNANCY — ( n. ) Unfavorableness; evil nature.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MALIGNANCY — ( n. ) The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MALIGNANCY — ( n. ) The state of being a malignant.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NOUN — — nounally , adv. /nown/ , Gram. n. 1. any member of a class of words that are formally distinguished …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MALIGNANT — — malignantly , adv. /meuh lig"neuhnt/ , adj. 1. disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MALIGNANCY — /meuh lig"neuhn see/ , n. , pl. malignancies for 2, 3. 1. the quality or condition of being malignant. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOUN — n. part of speech used for persons places objects and conditions (Grammar)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MALIGNANCY — n. state or quality of being malignant, hostility, desire to inflict harm or evil on another; malignant tumor, life-threatening tumor
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NOUN — noun Etymology: Middle English nowne, from Anglo-French nom, noun name, noun, from Latin nomen — more at name Date: 14th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MALIGNANT — adjective Etymology: Late Latin malignant-, malignans, present participle of malignari Date: circa 1545 1. a. obsolete : malcontent , disaffected …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MALIGNANCY — noun ( plural -cies ) Date: 1601 1. : the quality or state of being malignant 2. a. : exhibition …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NOUN — noun a word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; …
Webster English vocab
MALIGNANT — noun a man of extrems enmity or evil intentions. 2. malignant ·adj characterized or caused by evil intentions; pernicious. 3. …
Webster English vocab
MALIGNANCY — noun unfavorableness; evil nature. 2. malignancy ·noun the state of being a malignant. 3. malignancy ·noun virulence; tendency to a …
Webster English vocab
NOUN — ■ ~ Grammar a word (other than a pro~) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MALIGNANCY — [ mə'lɪgnənsi ] ■ noun ( plural malignancies ) 1》 the state or presence of a malignant tumour; cancer. ↘a …
Concise Oxford English vocab
NOUN — [noun] n [ME nowne, fr. AF noun name, noun, fr. OF nom, fr. L nomen--more at name] (14c): any member …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MALIGNANT — [ma.lig.nant] adj [LL malignant-, malignans, prp. of malignari] (ca. 1545) 1 a obs: malcontent, disaffected b: evil in nature, influence, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MALIGNANCY — [ma.lig.nan.cy] n, pl -cies (1601) 1: the quality or state of being malignant 2. a: exhibition (as by a tumor) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NOUN — noun BrE AmE naʊn ▷ nouns naʊnz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MALIGNANT — malignant BrE AmE mə ˈlɪɡ nənt ▷ malignant|ly li
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MALIGNANCY — malignanc|y BrE AmE mə ˈlɪɡ nən t s |i ▷ malignanc|ies iz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NOUN — / naʊn; NAmE / noun ( grammar ) ( abbr. n. ) a word that refers to a person, (such …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MALIGNANT — / məˈlɪgnənt; NAmE / adjective 1. ( of a tumour or disease ) that cannot be controlled and is likely …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MALIGNANCY — / məˈlɪgnənsi; NAmE / noun ( pl. -ies ) ( formal ) 1. [ C ] a malignant mass of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOUN — noun /naʊn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Anglo-French ; Origin: 'name, noun' , from Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MALIGNANT — ma ‧ lig ‧ nant /məˈlɪɡnənt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Late Latin ; Origin: present participle …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MALIGNANCY — ma ‧ lig ‧ nan ‧ cy /məˈlɪɡnənsi/ BrE AmE noun ( plural malignancies ) 1 . [countable] medical a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOUN — n. Gram. a word (other than a pronoun) or group of words used to name or identify any of a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MALIGNANT — adj. 1 a (of a disease) very virulent or infectious (malignant cholera). b (of a tumour) tending to invade normal …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NOUN — n. Gram. a word (other than a pronoun) or group of words used to name or identify any of a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MALIGNANT — adj. 1 a (of a disease) very virulent or infectious (malignant cholera). b (of a tumour) tending to invade normal …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NOUN — n. Gram. a word (other than a pronoun) or group of words used to name or identify any of a …
Oxford English vocab
MALIGNANT — adj.1 a (of a disease) very virulent or infectious (malignant cholera). b (of a tumour) tending to invade normal tissue …
Oxford English vocab
NOUN — ( nouns) A noun is a word such as ‘car’, ‘love’, or ‘Anne’ which is used to refer to a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MALIGNANT — 1. A malignant tumour or disease is out of control and likely to cause death. ( MEDICAL ) She developed …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MALIGNANCY — ( malignancies) A tumour or disease in a state of malignancy is out of control and is likely to cause …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOUN — (~s) A ~ is a word such as ‘car’, ‘love’, or ‘Anne’ which is used to refer to a person …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MALIGNANCY — (malignancies) A tumour or disease in a state of ~ is out of control and is likely to cause death. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NOUN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES abstract noun collective noun common noun concrete noun count noun proper noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MALIGNANT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MALIGNANCY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ However, all malignancies must be suspected of participating in hypercalcemia. ▪ Occasionally, primary hyperparathyroidism has …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MALIGNANT
Cambridge English vocab
MALIGNANCY — [noun] medicalThe malignancy of these tumours makes them difficult to treat. [U](figurative) The central character's malignancy (= desire to cause …
Cambridge English vocab
MALIGNANCY — Synonyms and related words : balefulness, banefulness, bitchiness, communicability, contagiousness, cussedness, deadliness, despite, destructiveness, detrimentalness, devilment, devilry, deviltry, evil intent, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MALIGNANCY — n. Function: noun Synonyms: MALICE , despite, grudge, ill will, malevolence, maliciousness, malignity, spite, spitefulness, spleen
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MALIGNANCY — n. See malignance
Dictionary of English Synonyms
NOUN — n. Substantive.
Dictionary of English Synonyms

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