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malignancy Definition

ma·lig·nancy (mə lignən sē)

noun

  1. the quality or condition of being malignant
  2. pl. -·cies a malignant tumor

malignancy Synonyms

malignancy

n.

malignancy Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • exclude: This should be followed up to exclude a malignancy.
  • treat: What traditional medicines are available for treating blood malignancies?
  • associate: Also included is coverage of infections and malignancies associated with HIV.
  • develop: Nine of these patients developed malignancies, including 1 lymphoma.
  • include: These include malignancy, illnesses of unknown origin and systemic inflammatory conditions.
  • have: Patients who have a malignancy are also slow to respond to enzyme treatment.

Preposition: in

  • patient: Results: Very few items were clearly suggestive of spinal malignancies in patients with spinal symptoms.
  • man: Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy in men.

Adjective modifier

  • hematological: The major clinical use of cord blood has been for hematological malignancy, mainly in children.
  • hematologic: The coexistence of these two hematologic malignancies leads to questions about their cell of origin.
  • hematological: AB - We have identified a group of previously not reported chromosome abnormalities related to myeloid hematological malignancies.
  • lymphoid: The issue of gamma irradiation of blood components for patients with lymphoid malignancies should be kept under review.
  • myeloid: AB - We have identified a group of previously not reported chromosome abnormalities related to myeloid hematological malignancies.
  • gynecological: The overall diagnostic accuracy of MR imaging of gynecological malignancies in our hands is 93 % .

Noun used with modifier

  • B-cell: CD22 is a cell surface receptor expressed in a wide variety of B-cell malignancies.
  • childhood: Conclusions Unfortunately there is insufficient evidence to judge the clinical role of tumor markers in the treatment of the two childhood malignancies studied.
  • neck: Peter Brennan's main clinical interests are head and neck malignancy, reconstructive free flap surgery and neck lumps.
  • skin: Also, as already explained, skin malignancies form a special category.
  • cell: The virus was isolated from an adult T cell malignancy.
  • blood: Other blood malignancies, eg lymphoma or leukemia can sometimes be confused with multiple myeloma.