A tumor that is malignant (cancerous), that can invade and destroy nearby tissue, and that may spread (metastasize) to other parts of the body.

A term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues. Malignant cells can also spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems. There [..]

Population of cells showing both uncontrolled growth and a tendency to invade and destroy other tissues. Note: A malignancy is life-threatening.

c. 1600, "malignant nature," from malignant + -cy. Of growths, tumors, from 1680s.

A cancerous tumor that can invade and destroy nearby tissue and spread to other parts of the body.

(n) (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death(n) quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will

Term used to describe a mass of cancer cells. Malignant tumors may invade surrounding tissues or spread (metastasize) to distant areas of the body. See

Malignancy is a progressively worsening disease that becomes life threatening if untreated, often used to describe cancer.

Neoplasms located in the Blood and Blood-forming Tissue (the Bone Marrow and Lymphatic Tissue). The commonest Forms are the various types of Leukemia, of Lymphoma, and of the progressive, Life-threate [..]

Abnormal growths of Tissue that follow a previous Neoplasm but are not Metastases of the latter. The second Neoplasm may have the same or different histological type and can occur in the same or diffe [..]

A term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues. Malignant cells can also spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems. There are several main types of malignancy. Carcinoma is a malignancy that begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover internal organs. Sarcoma is a [..]

cancer; abnormal tissue that tends to spread and threaten life

  See Cancer.