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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmalignité
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ma-liɡ-ni-te
"Les médecins ont confirmé la malignité de la tumeur."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The tendency of a medical condition, especially a tumor, to become progressively worse and to invade surrounding tissues.
"Biopsy results confirmed the malignancy of the tumor, requiring immediate oncological intervention." - 2
Malevolence, spite, or a strong desire to cause harm to others.
"There was a palpable malignancy in his threats that unsettled everyone in the room."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Middle English word malignite, originating from the Latin malignitas, meaning malice or wickedness, stemming from malignus. Over centuries, the medical application evolved to specifically describe cancerous tumors that are virulent and tending to invade normal tissue.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Malignancy" is said worldwide
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malignité
Transliteration: ma-liɡ-ni-te
"Les médecins ont confirmé la malignité de la tumeur."
Malignität
Transliteration: ma-liɡ-ni-tɛːt
"Die Malzignität des Tumors erforderte eine sofortige Operation."
malignità
Transliteration: ma-liɡ-ni-ˈta
"Gli esami hanno escluso la malignità della lesione."
malignidad
Transliteration: ma-liɡ-ni-ˈdad
"El análisis confirmó la malignidad del tejido afectado."
malignidade
Transliteration: ma-liɡ-ni-ˈda-dʒi
"O teste laboratorial descartou qualquer sinal de malignidade."
घातकता
Transliteration: ghatakata
"डॉक्टर ने ट्यूमर की घातकता की पुष्टि की।"
恶性
Transliteration: è xìng
"病理检查结果排除了肿瘤的恶性。"
악성
Transliteration: akseong
"조직 검사를 통해 종양의 악성 여부가 판명되었습니다."
悪性度
Transliteration: akuseido
"検査の結果、腫瘍に悪性度が認められました。"
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