malignance

ma=lig=nance

WORDNET DICTIONARY

malignance(n = noun.state) malignancy - (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death;

has parts: cancer cell

is a kind of disease

has particulars: malignant neoplasm, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor

Derived form adjective malignant₁

malignance(n = noun.attribute) malignancy, malignity - quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will;

is a kind of evil, evilness

malignance, n. [See Malignant.].

The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; disposition toward evil; intense ill will; as, malignancy of heart. [1913 Webster]
Unfavorableness; evil nature. [1913 Webster]
"The malignancy of my fate might perhaps distemner yours." [1913 Webster]
Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever. [1913 Webster]
A cancerous tumor that is spreading beyond the point of origin. [WordNet 1.5]
The state of being a malignant. [1913 Webster]