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malignity(dictionary)

jugal (iou) and Malignity (medicine)


jugal (iou)



jugal adjective & noun. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
[Latin jugalis, from jugum YOKE noun1: see -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Anatomy. Of or pertaining to the zygoma or bony arch of the cheek; malar, zygomatic. L16.
Zoology (chiefly Entomology). Of or pertaining to a jugum. M20.
b. noun. Anatomy. The zygomatic bone. M19.

Malignity (medicine)


malignity


1. The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.

2. Virulence; deadly quality. "His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in his disease." (Hayward)

3. Extreme evilness of Nature or influence; perniciousness; heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud.

Synonym: See Malice.

Origin: F. Malignite, L. Malignitas.

Source: Websters Dictionary