oncoplastic

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adjective

Describing plastic surgery that mitigates the physical effects of cancer

OriginEnglish plastic ← Latin plasticus ← Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós) →
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Meanings

adjectiveoncoplastic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicineDescribing plastic surgery that mitigates the physical effects of cancer

    Increases in the proportion of early breast cancer patients and the wide adoption of oncoplastic surgery and neoadjuvant chemotherapy may have contributed to these observed changes in surgical trends.

    2015 June 26, Zisun Kim et al., “The Basic Facts of Korean Breast Cancer in 2012: Results from a Nationwide Survey and Breast Cancer Registry Database”, in Journal of Breast Cancer, volume 18, →DOI

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekὄγκος (ónkos)
  2. New Latinonco-
  3. Englishonco-
  4. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  5. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  6. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  7. Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
  8. Latinplasticus
  9. Englishplastic
  10. Englishoncoplastic

From onco- + plastic.

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APA

oncoplastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oncoplastic

MLA

“oncoplastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oncoplastic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oncoplastic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oncoplastic.

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