- Cancerous growth - Malignant tumour - A tumor of fleshy consistence; -- formerly applied to many
varieties of tumor, now restricted to a variety of malignant growth
made up of cells resembling those of fetal development without any
proper intercellular substance.
- Cancerous growth - The state or quality of being malignant; extreme
malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart. - Unfavorableness; evil nature. - Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the
malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever. - The state of being a malignant.