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malignancy

/məˈlɪɡnənsi/noun

उच्चारण मलिग्नन्सी

घातक अर्बुद, कैंसर की गाँठ

Advanced word

nounmalignancies
  1. 1

    [C] medical

    a malignant tumour

    घातक अर्बुद, कैंसर की गाँठ

    • Scans showed no sign of malignancy.
    • Doctors removed the malignancy in an operation.

    Synonyms cancer tumour

  2. 2

    [U] medical

    the state of being malignant

    घातकता, दुर्दमता

    • Tests were done to check the malignancy of the growth.

    Opposite benignity

  3. 3

    [U] formal

    a feeling of great hatred and the desire to harm somebody

    द्वेष, दुर्भावना

    • He spoke of his rivals with real malignancy.

    Synonyms malevolence malice spite

    Opposite benevolence

◇Word family
malignant adjective
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

cancer tumour malevolence malice spite

Antonyms

benignity benevolence in medicine