oncologic

Variant of oncology

oncology definition

on·col·ogy (än käl′ə jē, äŋ-)

noun

the branch of medicine dealing with neoplasms

Etymology: < Gr onkos, a mass (< IE *onk- < base *ene-, to attain, bear > enough) + -logy

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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