Look up: Malignancy

1. Malignancy
   A cancerous growth. (A mass of cells showing both uncontrolled growth and the tendency to invade and destroy surrounding tissues).
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2. malignancy
   [n] - (medical) a malignant state
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3. malignancy
   Population of cells showing both uncontrolled growth and a tendency to invade and destroy other tissues. Note: A malignancy is life-threatening.
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4. Malignancy
   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.
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5. Malignancy
   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.
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6. Malignancy
   Cancer
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7. Malignancy
   Malignancy: A tumor that is malignant, that is cancerous, that can invade and destroy nearby tissue, and that may spread (metastasize) to other parts of the body.
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8. malignancy
   (pl. Malignancies) a cancer. ... (16 Dec 1997) ...
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9. malignancy
   malignance noun (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
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10. malignancy
    (mә-lig´nәn-se) a tendency to progress in virulence. the quality of being malignant. a cancer, especially one with the potential to cause death.
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11. Malignancy
    • (n.) The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart. • (n.) The state of being a malignant. • (n.) Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever. • (n.) Unfavorableness; evil nature.
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12. malignancy
    (from the article `tumour`) ...Such tumours are more often benign than not. Other tumours are composed of cells that appear different from normal adult types in size, shape, and ... Tumours, or neoplasms (from Greek neo, `new`; plasma, `formation`), are abnormal growths of cells arising from malfunctions in the regul...
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13. malignancy
    malignancy 1. Showing great malevolence; disposed to do evil. 2. Malignant or intensely malevolent disposition; envenomed hostility; desire to inflict injury or suffering.
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14. malignancy
    malignancy: see cancer.
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15. malignancy
    Type: Term Pronunciation: mă-lig′nant-sē Definitions: 1. The property or condition of being malignant.
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16. malignancy
    Type: Term Definitions: 1. cancerophobia, carcinophobia.
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17. malignancy
    A term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues. Malignant cells can also spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems. There are several main types of malignancy. Carcinoma is a malignancy that begins in the skin or in tissue...
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18. Malignancy
    `Malignancy` (from the Latin roots -male, "Bad" and -ignos, "Fire") is the tendency of a medical condition, especially tumors, to become progressively worse and to potentially result in death. Malignancy in cancers is characterized by anaplasia, invasiveness, and me...
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