oncology

[ ong-kol-uh-jee ]

noun

1. the branch of medical science dealing with tumors, including the origin, development, diagnosis, and treatment of malignant neoplasms.
2. the study of cancer.

oncology

/ ˌɒŋkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl; ɒŋˈkɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. the branch of medicine concerned with the study, classification, and treatment of tumours

oncology

/ ŏn-kŏl′ə-jē /

1. The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

oncology

1. The branch of medicine devoted to the study, treatment, and cure of cancer .

Derived Forms

• onˈcologist, noun
• oncological, adjective

Other Words From

• on·co·log·ic [ong-k, uh, -, loj, -ik], onco·logi·cal adjective
• on·colo·gist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of oncology¹

First recorded in 1855–60; onco- + -logy

Example Sentences

Since that time, I have participated in face-to-face and online support groups, joined retreats and met myriad health professionals who specialize in oncology while also continuing my research.

From No Straight News

Sidrauski’s job talking and thinking about oncology became too painful.

From MIT Technology Review

In its first year, there were 38 approvals of new oncology applications.

From Time

Halthcare workers like Christina Kim, an oncology nurse practitioner at Massachusetts General Hospital, have countered misinformation with their own videos taking on misinformation head-to-head as well as taking questions from their audiences.

From Time

While AstraZeneca is especially strong in oncology medicines, Alexion has a focus on rare diseases, particularly those caused by the uncontrolled activation of part of the body’s immune response called the complement system.

From Fortune

He hopes to attend Columbia Medical School and specialize in Oncology.

From The Daily Beast

Demicheli also had been a physicist but had switched to oncology research after his wife died of Hodgkin lymphoma in 1976.

From The Daily Beast

Perhaps if I were in a field like oncology, I would have grown more used to this tragic duty by now.

From The Daily Beast

Omran was the first person he met at the oncology floor of the hospital.

From The Daily Beast

He was formerly the head of Esophageal Oncology and Surgery at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer and Research Institute in Tampa, Fla.

From The Daily Beast