Meanings
nouncancerology (usually uncountable, plural cancerologies)
plural cancerologies
- dateduncountableusuallymedicineThe scientific study of cancer.
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.”
1920 March 28, “Institute "Pricipe de Asturias" for the investigation and study of cancer”, in Bulletin, volume 2, number 3, American Cancer Society
Origin
Translations
Esperanto kancerologio
- kancerologiostudy of cancer
Spanish cancerología
- cancerologíastudy of cancer
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