Meaning

1 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)The branch of medicine concerned with tumors, including study of their development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

    Onkologie

    онколо́гияonkológija

    онколо́гіяonkolóhija

    the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors

Examples

2 sentences

  1. What does "oncology" mean?

    ruЧто значит "онкология"?

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  2. Experts on oncology have long recommended as a way to not get sick a regular eating of fruit, vegetables, cereals and legumes.

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Translations

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Origin

First attested 1857. By surface analysis, onco- + -logy.

First attested 1857. By surface analysis, onco- + -logy.

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Forms

plural: oncologies
Singularoncology
Pluraloncologies

regular

Word family

27 related words
Relatedoncogeneoncogenesisoncogeneticoncogeneticsoncogeniconcogenicsoncogenomeoncogenomiconcogenomicsoncoproteinoncoproteogenomeoncoproteomeoncoproteomiconcoproteomicsproto-oncogeneproto-oncogeniconcologiconcologicaloncologist
Derivedbiooncologycardiooncologydermatooncologygyneco-oncologyneuro-oncologyoncologicallypsychooncologyradiooncology

Lessons for this word

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
onboardonceA1oncologistoncomingoneA1
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