Cancerology
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The scientific study of cancer. dated, uncountable
"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.”"
Example
More examples"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.”"
Etymology
From cancer + -ology.
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