Synonyms
Examples of malignancy in a Sentence
the malignancy of the tumor
The test revealed a malignancy in the patient's chest.
Recent Examples on the Web
When used to break up uterine fibroids (benign tumor tissue that can cause heavy menstrual bleeding and pain), these tools can spread cancer cells in some women whose fibroids concealed malignancies.
—
Catherine M. Klapperich, STAT, 12 Apr. 2024
The malignancy was diagnosed during a routine mammogram, and later confirmed with a breast ultrasound.
—Lipi Roy, Md, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Yvonne Barr was a 31-year-old research assistant seeking a new challenge when she was hired by a pathologist in London in 1963 to help find the cause of an unusual malignancy: exceptionally large facial tumors in Ugandan children.
—Delthia Ricks, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Calling out ethical malignancies is necessary to protect and promote a just society.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
When people with obesity face barriers to effective screening, early-stage cancers can fly under the radar, sometimes leading them to progress to more aggressive malignancies.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 19 Jan. 2024
The most common side effects of Xolair are injection site reactions and fever, but the FDA noted that the drug has also been associated with joint pain, rash, parasitic infections, malignancies and abnormal laboratory tests.
—Jonel Aleccia, Quartz, 16 Feb. 2024
Her doctors are determining if the malignancy was caught early.
—USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
Reed Jobs, biotech VC Reed Jobs spent about eight years on the path to becoming a cancer researcher, inspired by his father’s experience with pancreatic cancer to find new treatments for incurable malignancies.
—Damian Garde, STAT, 12 Dec. 2023
Catherine M. Klapperich, STAT, 12 Apr. 2024
The malignancy was diagnosed during a routine mammogram, and later confirmed with a breast ultrasound.
—Lipi Roy, Md, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Yvonne Barr was a 31-year-old research assistant seeking a new challenge when she was hired by a pathologist in London in 1963 to help find the cause of an unusual malignancy: exceptionally large facial tumors in Ugandan children.
—Delthia Ricks, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Calling out ethical malignancies is necessary to protect and promote a just society.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
When people with obesity face barriers to effective screening, early-stage cancers can fly under the radar, sometimes leading them to progress to more aggressive malignancies.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 19 Jan. 2024
The most common side effects of Xolair are injection site reactions and fever, but the FDA noted that the drug has also been associated with joint pain, rash, parasitic infections, malignancies and abnormal laboratory tests.
—Jonel Aleccia, Quartz, 16 Feb. 2024
Her doctors are determining if the malignancy was caught early.
—USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
Reed Jobs, biotech VC Reed Jobs spent about eight years on the path to becoming a cancer researcher, inspired by his father’s experience with pancreatic cancer to find new treatments for incurable malignancies.
—Damian Garde, STAT, 12 Dec. 2023
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'malignancy.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Dictionary Entries Near malignancy
Cite this Entry
“Malignancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malignancy. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
Copy CitationKids Definition
malignancy
noun
ma·lig·nan·cy
mə-ˈlig-nən-sē 
plural malignancies
1
: the quality or state of being malignant
2
: a malignant tumor
Medical Definition
malignancy
noun
ma·lig·nan·cy
mə-ˈlig-nən-sē
plural malignancies
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share