malignance

ma·lig·nan·cy

M0061300 (mə-lĭg′nən-sē)n. pl. ma·lig·nan·cies 1. also ma·lig·nance (-nəns) The state or quality of being malignant.2. A malignant tumor.

malignance

(məˈlɪɡnəns) nthe condition or characteristic of being malignant

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	malignance - (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause deathmalignancycancer cell - a cell that is part of a malignant tumormedical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniquesdisease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioningmalignant neoplasm, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor - a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body
	2.	malignance - quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill willmalignancy, malignityevilness, evil - the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"