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harm
English
Etymology
From Middle English harm, herm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm, from Proto-Germanic *harmaz (“harm; shame; pain”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /h??m/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /h??m/
- Rhymes: -??(?)m
Noun
harm (countable and uncountable, plural harms)
- physical injury; hurt; damage
- emotional or figurative hurt
- detriment; misfortune.
- That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to "harm": bodily, physical, environmental, emotional, financial, serious, irreparable, potential, long-term, short-term, permanent, lasting, material, substantial.
Translations
Verb
harm (third-person singular simple present harms, present participle harming, simple past and past participle harmed)
- To cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.
Translations
Derived terms
Anagrams
- Hmar, mahr
Icelandic
Noun
harm
- indefinite accusative singular of harmur
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ha???m?/
Noun
harm
- h-prothesized form of arm
Middle English
Alternative forms
- harem, arme, herme
Etymology
From Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm.
Noun
harm (plural harms)
- harm, injury, ruination
Descendants
- English: harm
- Scots: herm, hairm
- Yola: harrm
References
- “harm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *harmaz.
Noun
harm m
- harm
Descendants
- Middle Low German: harm, herm
harm From the web:
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malignancy
English
Etymology
malignant +? -cy or malign +? -ancy
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??l??.n?n.si/
Noun
malignancy (countable and uncountable, plural malignancies)
- The state of being malignant or diseased.
- A malignant cancer; specifically, any neoplasm that is invasive or otherwise not benign.
- That which is malign; evil, depravity, malevolence.
Synonyms
- malignance
- malignity
Antonyms
- benignancy
- benignity
Derived terms
- nonmalignancy
- premalignancy
- pseudomalignancy
Related terms
- malign
- malignly
- malignment
Translations
malignancy From the web:
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- what malignancy is associated with acanthosis nigricans
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