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The branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors
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oncology
Word definitions for oncology in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The branch of medicine concerned with tumors, including study of their development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist . The name's etymological origin is the Greek word ὄνκος ( ónkos ), meaning "tumor", "volume" ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ For instance, members can now receive radiation oncology , eye surgery, and emergency cardiac care from Summit Medical Center. ▪ Or you can do radiation oncology . ▪ Search for alleviation and cure is a very basic human reaction, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1857, coined in English from onco- "tumor" + -logy "science or study of." Related: Oncologist ; oncological .
Usage examples of oncology.
Tiny letters beneath his name spelled out: Chief of Staff, Pediatric Oncology Hematology I cut to the big print: Longwood Avenue.
Miller received his medical degree from Tufts University, interned at the Yale University School of Medicine, was a Fellow in Hematology at the National Institutes of Health, and a Clinical Fellow in Oncology at Johns Hopkins Oncology Center.
The talented photographer brought The Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Ward of the Sydney Eastern Suburbs Hospital alive in torrents of color and in subdued black and white.
Like David's other oncology patients, John had to be hospitalized frequently for a variety of problems.
The same principle extended to oncology, where the funding for breast cancer, which attacked roughly one woman in ten, far outstripped research in prostate cancer, which afflicted roughly half of the male population.