What does "oncology" mean?
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Oncology
//ɒŋˈkɒləd͡ʒi//
Synonyms for "oncology"
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11 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
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6 entriesTranslations
78 translations across 73 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- onkologie noun (branch of medicine)
Albanian
1 entries- onkologjia noun (branch of medicine)
Arabic
1 entries- عِلْم اَلْأَوْرَام noun (branch of medicine)
Armenian
1 entries- ուռուցքաբանություն noun (branch of medicine)
Asturian
1 entries- oncoloxía noun (branch of medicine)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- onkologiya noun (branch of medicine)
Basque
1 entries- onkologia noun (branch of medicine)
Belarusian
1 entries- анкалогія noun (branch of medicine)
Bulgarian
1 entries- онкология noun (branch of medicine)
Catalan
1 entries- oncologia noun (branch of medicine)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 腫瘤學 /肿瘤学 noun (branch of medicine)
Czech
1 entries- onkologie noun (branch of medicine)
Danish
1 entries- onkologi noun (branch of medicine)
Dutch
1 entries- oncologie noun (branch of medicine)
Esperanto
1 entries- onkologio noun (branch of medicine)
Estonian
1 entries- onkoloogia noun (branch of medicine)
Finnish
1 entries- onkologia noun (branch of medicine)
French
1 entries- oncologie noun (branch of medicine)
Galician
1 entries- oncoloxía noun (branch of medicine)
Georgian
1 entries- ონკოლოგია noun (branch of medicine)
German
1 entries- Onkologie noun (branch of medicine)
Greek
1 entries- ογκολογία noun (branch of medicine)
Hebrew
1 entries- אוֹנְקוֹלוֹגְיָה noun (branch of medicine)
Hindi
1 entries- अर्बुदविज्ञान noun (branch of medicine)
Hungarian
1 entries- onkológia noun (branch of medicine)
Icelandic
1 entries- æxlafræði noun (branch of medicine)
Ido
1 entries- onkologio noun (branch of medicine)
Indonesian
1 entries- onkologi noun (branch of medicine)
Interlingua
1 entries- oncologia noun (branch of medicine)
Irish
1 entries- oinceolaíocht noun (branch of medicine)
Italian
1 entries- oncologia noun (branch of medicine)
Japanese
1 entries- 腫瘍学 noun (branch of medicine)
Javanese
1 entries- onkologi noun (branch of medicine)
Kannada
1 entries- ಗಂಟುರೋಗದ ಅರಿಮೆ noun (branch of medicine)
Kazakh
1 entries- онкология noun (branch of medicine)
Korean
1 entries- 종양학 noun (branch of medicine)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- онкология noun (branch of medicine)
Latin
1 entries- oncologia noun (branch of medicine)
Latvian
1 entries- onkoloģija noun (branch of medicine)
Lithuanian
1 entries- onkologija noun (branch of medicine)
Macedonian
1 entries- онкологија noun (branch of medicine)
Malay
3 entries- kaji ketumbuhan noun (branch of medicine)
- kaji tumor noun (branch of medicine)
- onkologi noun (branch of medicine)
Mingrelian
1 entries- ონკოლოგია noun (branch of medicine)
Māori
1 entries- mātai mate pukupuku noun (branch of medicine)
Nepali
1 entries- ओन्कोलोजी noun (branch of medicine)
Newar
1 entries- अङ्कोलोजी noun (branch of medicine)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- onkolojî noun (branch of medicine)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- onkologi noun (branch of medicine)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- onkologi noun (branch of medicine)
Occitan
1 entries- oncologia noun (branch of medicine)
Pali
1 entries- ओन्कोलोजी noun (branch of medicine)
Polish
1 entries- onkologia noun (branch of medicine)
Portuguese
1 entries- oncologia noun (branch of medicine)
Romanian
1 entries- oncologie noun (branch of medicine)
Russian
1 entries- онколо́гия noun (branch of medicine)
Rwanda-Rundi
1 entries- kanseri noun (branch of medicine)
Sanskrit
1 entries- ओन्कोलोजी noun (branch of medicine)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- onkològija noun (branch of medicine)
- онколо̀гија noun (branch of medicine)
Slovak
1 entries- onkológia noun (branch of medicine)
Slovene
1 entries- onkologija noun (branch of medicine)
Spanish
1 entries- oncología noun (branch of medicine)
Swedish
1 entries- onkologi noun (branch of medicine)
Tamil
1 entries- புற்றுநோயியல் noun (branch of medicine)
Tatar
1 entries- онкология noun (branch of medicine)
Thai
2 entries- วิทยามะเร็ง noun (branch of medicine)
- วิทยาเนื้องอก noun (branch of medicine)
Turkish
1 entries- onkoloji noun (branch of medicine)
Ukrainian
1 entries- онколо́гія noun (branch of medicine)
Uzbek
2 entries- onkologiya noun (branch of medicine)
- онкология noun (branch of medicine)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ung thư học noun (branch of medicine)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- oncolohiya noun (branch of medicine)
Welsh
1 entries- oncoleg noun (branch of medicine)
West-Frisian
1 entries- onkology noun (branch of medicine)
Yiddish
1 entries- אָנקאָלאָגיע noun (branch of medicine)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Experts on oncology have long recommended as a way to not get sick a regular eating of fruit, vegetables, cereals and legumes.
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In a study published in the journal The Lancet Oncology, researchers with the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France, reported the incidence of childhood cancer was 140 per million per year from 2001–2010 among children up to age 14.
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"All living cells undergo cell division and palbociclib's unique capacity to halt the cell division process (also known as the 'cell cycle') therefore has potentially broad applicability," said lead author Amy S. Clark, MD, MSCE, an assistant professor of Hematology/Oncology at Penn's Perelman School of Medicine and ACC.
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