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Dictionary

ma•lig•nan•cy

Pronunciation: (mu-lig'nun-sē), [key]
—n.,
—pl. -cies for 2, 3.
1. the quality or condition of being malignant.
2. malignant character, behavior, action, or the like: the malignancies of war.
3. a malignant tumor. Also,ma•lig'nance (for defs. 1, 2).

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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