oncology
pronunciation
How to pronounce oncology in British English:
UK [ɒŋˈkɒlədʒi]
How to pronounce oncology in American English:
US [ɑnˈkɑlədʒi]
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- Noun:
- the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors
Word Origin
- oncology (n.)
- 1857, coined in English from onco- "tumor" + -logy "science or study of." Related: Oncologist; oncological.
Example
- 1. Indeed , oncology is already more personalized than most areas of medicine .
- 2. The study appears online oct. 7 in advance of publication in the november print issue ofthe lancet oncology .
- 3. And her preliminary results presented this week at a meeting of the american society of clinical oncology in chicago suggest she is right .
- 4. Dr. richard miller is president and ceo of pharmacyclics and adjunct professor of oncology at stanford university medical center .
- 5. One of the constants in oncology , as he says , is " the queasy pivoting between defeatism and hope . "