See Also: MALIGNANT(medicine)
malignant(dictionary)
Malignant(health)
malignant(dictionary)
malignant malnutrition(medicine)
malignant lymphadenosis(medicine)
malignant mesothelioma(medicine)
malignant jaundice(medicine)
malignant hyperthermia(medicine)
malignant hyperpyrexia(medicine)

malignant (iou)



malignant adjective & noun. M16.
[Late Latin malignant- pres. ppl stem of malignare: see MALIGN verb, -ANT1.]
A. adjective.
Disposed to rebel against God or against constituted authority; disaffected. Now only Hist. (derog.), sympathetic to the royalist cause during the English civil war. M16.
Orig., (of a disease) liable to become progressively more severe; extremely virulent; very infectious. Now chiefly of a cancer or tumour: tending to spread to other parts of the body, or to recur after removal; cancerous. M16.
malignant pustule: see PUSTULE 1.
Chiefly Astrology. Having an evil influence or effect. L16.
Characterized by intense ill will; keenly desirous of the suffering or misfortune of others. L16.
b. noun. A person who is disaffected towards constituted authority or (in early use) an accepted true religion; a malcontent; Hist. (derog.) a supporter of the royalist cause during the English civil war. L16.
malignantly adverb M16.