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Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The branch of medicine that deals with tumors, including study of their development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The sum of scientific knowledge concerning tumors.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The branch of medicine concerned with tumors, including study of their development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek onkos, mass, tumor; see nek- in Indo-European roots + –logy.]

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First attested 1857, from New Latin onco- ("tumor"). from Ancient Greek ὄγκος (onkos, "lump, mass, bulk") + -logy ("study of"), from Ancient Greek λογία (logia), from λόγος (logos, "word").

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  • Oncopartners, a Latin American oncology development company, and its exclusive partner IBPC, a non-profit oncology research network made up of Brazil's largest public oncology hospitals.

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  • Oncopartners, a Latin American oncology development company, and its exclusive partner IBPC, a non-profit oncology research network made up of Brazil's largest public oncology hospitals.

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  • Hammond JM, Orlando LA, Wheeler JL; et al. Reliability of compendia methods for off-label oncology indications.

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