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noun

malignancy

(medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death

In a sentence

Six example sentences with malignancy, each labelled with its topic.

  • The pathologist distinguished a harmless growth from a malignancy by how far its cells had invaded neighboring tissue.

    Medicine

  • Researchers photograph tumor samples yearly to learn why one lesion stays quiet while another turns into an aggressive malignancy.

    Science

  • Her diary records the months when doctors first suspected a malignancy, and the long wait for the biopsy result.

    Literature

  • Counselors help families adjust after a diagnosis of malignancy, when fear can crowd out the practical decisions that follow.

    Psychology

  • Physicians of the eighteenth century could recognize a malignancy but had almost nothing to offer beyond rest and comfort.

    History

  • Health economists weigh each treatment for a malignancy against the months of life it adds and the cost per patient.

    Economics

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