| 单词 | malignance |
| 释义 | malignance (once / 155518 pages) 1n 2n Malignance is a medical term that's most often used to talk about a malignant — or cancerous — tumor. It's bad news when a surgeon discovers a malignance in a patient. You can use malignance when you talk about cancer, but you can also use it to mean the quality of being evil or of wishing ill will on someone. If a student feels malignance toward his entire class, he dislikes them all. You might wonder if war and other conflicts can ever be ended as long as groups of people feel such malignance toward other groups. The root of malignance is the Late Latin word malignantem, "injure maliciously." WORD FAMILYmalignant: malignance, malignancy, malignantly+/malignancy: malignancies USAGE EXAMPLESThe writers hinted at the character’s powerful malignance throughout the second half of season six. Salon(Nov 06, 2016) The huge white face seemed to swell and swell, and the great bulbous eyes became radiant with malignance. Slate(Mar 29, 2014) If not the blade he would have chosen, it was nonetheless a noble gift, and freeing him from Alliser Thome's malignance was nobler still. George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones(1997) 1 n (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper malignancy malignant neoplasm, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body carcinosarcomaa malignant neoplasm composed of carcinoma and sarcoma extensively intermixed cancer, malignant neoplastic diseaseany malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream angiosarcomaa rare malignant neoplasm arising from vascular tissue; usually occurs in the breast and skin and is believed to originate from the endothelial cells of blood vessels myelomaa tumor of the bone marrow (usually malignant) composed of cells normally found in bone marrow neuroblastomamalignant tumor containing embryonic nerve cells; usually metastasizes quickly neuroepitheliomamalignant tumor of the neuroepithelium retinoblastomamalignant ocular tumor of retinal cells; usually occurs before the third year of life; composed of primitive small round retinal cells disease an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning n the quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will Syn|Ant|Hyper malignancy, malignity benignancy, benignity, graciousness the quality of being kind and gentle evil, evilness the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice |
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