(medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
A tumour or disease in a state of malignancy is out of control and is likely to cause death. Tissue that is removed during the operation is checked for signs of malignancy
A term with several meanings In one usage, it is a synonym for cancer, as in “My friend was diagnosed with a malignancy” In another usage it indicates a progressive, difficult to manage form of cancer, as in “Was the cancer benign or malignant?”
The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart
Cancerous growth, a mass of cells showing uncontrolled growth, a tendency to invade and damage surrounding tissues and an ability to seed daughter growths to sites remote from the primary growth
a cancer, neoplasm or tumor that grows in an uncontrolled manner, invading nearby tissue and metastasizing (spreading) to other sites through the bloodstream