Word · Frequency #25224
malignancy
恶性
核心释义
A malignant state; progressive, resistant to treatment, and tending to cause death.
- 1.
恶性或患病状态。
The state of being malignant or diseased.
- 2.
恶性肿瘤；特指任何侵袭性或非良性肿瘤。
A malignant cancer; specifically, any neoplasm that is invasive or otherwise not benign.
- 3.
恶毒之物；邪恶、堕落、恶意。
That which is malign; evil, depravity, malevolence.
恶性或患病状态。；恶性肿瘤；特指任何侵袭性或非良性肿瘤。；恶毒之物；邪恶、堕落、恶意。；恶意；邪恶
用法In use
The biopsy confirmed that the tumor was a malignancy.
用法提示：malignancy 此处作名词，表示恶性肿瘤或癌性状态。
Early detection of a malignancy greatly improves the chances of successful treatment.
用法提示：malignancy 作名词，指恶性肿瘤这一疾病。
The doctor explained that the malignancy had spread to other organs.
用法提示：malignancy 作名词，指恶性病变或肿瘤。
the malignancy of sth
此处 malignancy 为不可数名词，表示‘恶性’这一性质。
The malignancy of the tumor was confirmed by biopsy.
肿瘤的恶性已通过活检证实。
a malignancy in [body part]
此处 malignancy 为可数名词，指‘恶性肿瘤’，复数形式为 malignancies。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- develop a malignancy
- 发生恶性肿瘤
- Smoking can increase the risk of developing a malignancy.吸烟会增加发生恶性肿瘤的风险。
- malignancy screening
- 恶性肿瘤筛查
- Regular malignancy screening is recommended for high-risk patients.建议高危患者定期进行恶性肿瘤筛查。
- metastatic malignancy
- 转移性恶性肿瘤
- The biopsy confirmed a metastatic malignancy.活检证实为转移性恶性肿瘤。
- underlying malignancy
- 潜在的恶性肿瘤
- The doctor suspected an underlying malignancy.医生怀疑存在潜在的恶性肿瘤。
- diagnosis of malignancy
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 malignancy 拆成 mal（坏）+ign（火）+ancy，想象一团坏火在体内烧成恶性肿瘤，记住“恶”这个核心义。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：medical records、oncology discussions、pathology reports 该义项为医学术语，通常用于正式场合，如病历、肿瘤科讨论或医学文献；日常交流中较少使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
None of the common words listed here is a perfect rhyme with malignancy (/məˈlɪɡnənsi/), because the stressed vowel and the following consonant differ. Pregnancy shares the -nancy spelling and the final /nənsi/, but its stressed vowel is /e/, not /ɪ/. Vacancy and infancy share only the -ancy spelling; urgency, currency, and tendency share only the -ency spelling, all pronounced /ənsi/ after different consonants. The uncommon word benignancy (/bɪˈnɪɡnənsi/) is a true rhyme.
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