Etymology

oncopathology

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Today it means: The pathology of cancer Full definition →

English pathology ← French pathologie ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
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  1. Ancient Greekὄγκος (ónkos)
  2. New Latinonco-
  3. Englishonco-
  4. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  5. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  8. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  9. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  10. Frenchpathologie
  11. Englishpathology
  12. English todayoncopathology

From onco- + pathology.

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