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adj
Of or pertaining to oncology
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, oncology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
of or relating to or practicing oncology
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: oncological
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English oncology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English oncologic From oncology + -ic.
Across languages
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
