malignancy
Cells invading tissue
Malignancy is the quality of being malignant—harmful, dangerous, or disposed to cause suffering.
In medicine, malignancy specifically means cancer: a tumor that invades surrounding tissue and can spread to other parts of the body.
The biopsy revealed a malignancy.
Outside medicine, it describes extreme ill will or harmfulness: the malignancy of his intentions, a malignancy at the heart of the regime.
Abnormal tissue mass
- carcinomaEpithelial malignant tumor
- metastasisCancer spreading beyond origin
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
neoplasm · adenocarcinoma · sarcoma · lymphoma · leukemia · melanoma · glioma · myeloma
Intent to cause harm
- malevolenceActive ill will
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
- villainyCriminal or evil behavior
- spitePetty malicious intent
cruelty · nefariousness · ill-will · vindictiveness · hatred · animosity · enmity · rancor
Active opposition or hostility
- belligerenceWarlike aggression
- aggressionHostile or attacking behavior
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
acrimony · animus · contempt · resentment · antipathy · spite · venom · bitterness
Able to cause expiration
- fatalCausing death or ruin
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- perniciousGradually and subtly harmful
- destructiveCausing severe harm
harmful · toxic · virulent · life-threatening · dangerous · terminal · noxious · corrosive
tumor
Abnormal tissue mass
- carcinomaEpithelial malignant tumor
- metastasisCancer spreading beyond origin
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
chemotherapy · neoplasm · adenocarcinoma · sarcoma · lymphoma · leukemia · melanoma · glioma · myeloma · mesothelioma
malice
Intent to cause harm
- malevolenceActive ill will
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
- villainyCriminal or evil behavior
spite · cruelty · nefariousness · ill-will · vindictiveness · hatred · animosity · enmity · rancor · iniquity
antagonism
Active opposition or hostility
- belligerenceWarlike aggression
- aggressionHostile or attacking behavior
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
animosity · acrimony · animus · contempt · resentment · antipathy · spite · venom · bitterness · menace
deadly
Able to cause expiration
- fatalCausing death or ruin
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- perniciousGradually and subtly harmful
destructive · harmful · toxic · virulent · life-threatening · dangerous · terminal · noxious · corrosive · damaging
malignancybenignancy
Gentle, harmless kindness
benign tumor · benign growth · benignity · cyst · lipoma
malignancybenevolence
Disposition toward doing good
goodwill · kindness · benignity · benignancy · kindliness
malignancybenevolence
Disposition toward doing good
goodness · virtue · benignity · righteousness · saintliness
- malignant tumorCancerous bodily growth
- malignant cellsHarmful, uncontrolled tissue growth
- malignant narcissismPathological self-love with cruelty
- malignant growthHarmful, spreading tumor
malignant, malignantly, malignance, nonmalignant, malignancies, premalignant