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Examples of malignancy in a Sentence
the malignancy of the tumor
The test revealed a malignancy in the patient's chest.
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It is typically associated with gastrointestinal malignancies, as well as:
Bladder cancer
Colon cancer
Gastric adenocarcinoma6
Kidney cancer4
Liver cancer
Lymphoma
Stomach cancer3
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AN can present differently depending on skin tone.
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Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 23 Jan. 2025
This alone is not necessarily sufficient to create colorectal cancer, but on rare occasions, cells can acquire additional cancer-causing mutations, overflow crypt boundaries and cause malignancies.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025
Lynch spent his years making films that seeded purity with malignancy, machismo with vulnerability, teenage love with mythic importance.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
The bad feelings of betrayal die hard and that malignancy that surrounds Irving will take on a greater dimension under the hot lights of the NBA Finals.
—Rich Thompson, Boston Herald, 5 June 2024
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Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 23 Jan. 2025
This alone is not necessarily sufficient to create colorectal cancer, but on rare occasions, cells can acquire additional cancer-causing mutations, overflow crypt boundaries and cause malignancies.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025
Lynch spent his years making films that seeded purity with malignancy, machismo with vulnerability, teenage love with mythic importance.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
The bad feelings of betrayal die hard and that malignancy that surrounds Irving will take on a greater dimension under the hot lights of the NBA Finals.
—Rich Thompson, Boston Herald, 5 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for malignancy
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“Malignancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malignancy. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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malignancy
noun
ma·lig·nan·cy
mə-ˈlig-nən-sē 
plural malignancies
1
: the quality or state of being malignant
2
: a malignant tumor
Medical Definition
malignancy
noun
ma·lig·nan·cy
mə-ˈlig-nən-sē
plural malignancies
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