Malignancy

Malignancy (from the Latin roots mal- = "bad" and -genus = "born") is the tendency of a medical condition, especially tumors to become progressively worse and to potentially result in death. It is characterized by the properties of anaplasia, invasiveness, and metastasis. Malignant is a corresponding adjectival medical term used to describe a severe and progressively worsening disease. The term is most familiar as a description of cancer. A malignant tumor may be contrasted with a non-cancerous benign tumor in that a malignancy is not self-limited in its growth, is capable of invading into adjacent tissues, and may be capable of spreading to distant tissues (metastasizing), while a benign tumor has none of those properties. Malignant tumor is synonymous with cancer. Uses of "malignant" in oncology: Malignancy, malignant neoplasm, and malignant tumor are synonymous with cancer
Malignant ascites
Malignant transformation

Non-oncologic disorders referred to as ''"malignant"'': ''Malignant hypertension''
''Malignant hyperthermia''
''Malignant otitis externa
''Malignant tertian malaria'' (Malaria caused specifically by ''Plasmodium falciparum'')
''Neuroleptic malignant syndrome''

See also

Benignity (the opposite of malignancy)
Premalignant

Translation of "Malignancy"

Danish: Malign, German: Malignität, Japanese: 悪性 (医学), Slovenian: Malignost, Serbian: Малигни, Swedish: Malign, Polish: Choroba złośliwa, Portuguese: Malignidade.