cancerology
English
Etymology
cancer + -ology
Noun
cancerology (uncountable)
- The scientific study of cancer.
- 1920 March 1, “Institute "Pricipe de Asturias" for the investigation and study of cancer”, in Bulletin, volume 2, number 3, American Cancer Society:
- It is at one and the same time a centre of research and a benevolent undertaking. Furthermore, it would tend to give concretion to a group of medical studies which might be brought under the heading of “Cancerology,” or, to be more comprehensive and scientific, of “Oncology.”
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Related terms
- cancerological
- cancerologist
Translations
study of cancer
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See also
- oncology