Meanings
nounoncology (countable and uncountable, plural oncologies)
plural oncologies
- countableuncountableThe branch of medicine concerned with tumors, including study of their development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Origin
First attested 1857. By surface analysis, onco- + -logy.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans onkologie
- onkologiebranch of medicine
Arabic عِلْم اَلْأَوْرَام
- عِلْم اَلْأَوْرَام (ʕilm al-ʔawrām)branch of medicine
Basque onkologia
- onkologiabranch of medicine
Bulgarian онкология
- онкология (onkologija)branch of medicine
Catalan oncologia
- oncologiabranch of medicine
Chinese Mandarin 腫瘤學 /肿瘤学
- 腫瘤學 /肿瘤学 (zhǒngliúxué)branch of medicine
Czech onkologie, nádorověda
- onkologiebranch of medicine
- nádorovědabranch of medicine
Danish onkologi
- onkologibranch of medicine
Dutch oncologie
- oncologiebranch of medicine
Esperanto onkologio
- onkologiobranch of medicine
Estonian onkoloogia
- onkoloogiabranch of medicine
Finnish onkologia
- onkologiabranch of medicine
French oncologie
- oncologiebranch of medicine
German Onkologie
- Onkologiebranch of medicine
Greek ογκολογία
- ογκολογία (ogkología)branch of medicine
Hebrew אוֹנְקוֹלוֹגְיָה
- אוֹנְקוֹלוֹגְיָה (onkologya)branch of medicine
Hindi अर्बुदविज्ञान
- अर्बुदविज्ञान (arbudvijñān)branch of medicine
Hungarian onkológia
- onkológiabranch of medicine
Icelandic æxlafræði
- æxlafræðibranch of medicine
Indonesian onkologi
- onkologibranch of medicine
Irish oinceolaíocht
- oinceolaíochtbranch of medicine
Italian oncologia
- oncologiabranch of medicine
Japanese 腫瘍学
- 腫瘍学 (shuyōgaku)branch of medicine
Korean 종양학
- 종양학 (jong'yanghak)branch of medicine
Latin oncologia
- oncologiabranch of medicine
Latvian onkoloģija
- onkoloģijabranch of medicine
Lithuanian onkologija
- onkologijabranch of medicine
Malay kaji ketumbuhan, kaji tumor
- kaji ketumbuhanbranch of medicine
- kaji tumorbranch of medicine
- onkologibranch of medicine
Māori mātai mate pukupuku
- mātai mate pukupukubranch of medicine
Norwegian Bokmål onkologi
- onkologibranch of medicine
Polish onkologia
- onkologiabranch of medicine
Portuguese oncologia
- oncologiabranch of medicine
Romanian oncologie
- oncologiebranch of medicine
Russian онколо́гия
- онколо́гия (onkológija)branch of medicine
Slovak onkológia
- onkológiabranch of medicine
Spanish oncología
- oncologíabranch of medicine
Swedish onkologi
- onkologibranch of medicine
Tamil புற்றுநோயியல்
- புற்றுநோயியல் (puṟṟunōyiyal)branch of medicine
Thai วิทยามะเร็ง, วิทยาเนื้องอก
- วิทยามะเร็ง (wít-tá-yaa má-reng)branch of medicine
- วิทยาเนื้องอก (wít-tá-yaa néua ngôk)branch of medicine
Turkish onkoloji
- onkolojibranch of medicine
Ukrainian онколо́гія
- онколо́гія (onkolóhija)branch of medicine
Vietnamese ung thư học
- ung thư họcbranch of medicine
Welsh oncoleg
- oncolegbranch of medicine
Yiddish אָנקאָלאָגיע
- אָנקאָלאָגיע (onkologye)branch of medicine
Cite this entry
APA
oncology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oncology
MLA
“oncology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oncology. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oncology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oncology.
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