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cancerology

cancerology noun: the scientific study of cancer.

Noun

cancerology (usually uncountable, plural cancerologies)

  1. (dated, usually) The 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, “Institute "Pricipe de Asturias" for the investigation and study of cancer”, in Bulletin, volume 2, number 3, American Cancer Society

cancerology meaning in Tamil

cancerology in Tamil

புற்று நோயியல்

Forms of cancerology

pluralcancerologies

Origin of cancerology

From cancer + -ology.

Questions about cancerology

What does cancerology mean?
Cancerology means the scientific study of cancer.
What is cancerology in Tamil?
Cancerology in Tamil is புற்று நோயியல். See Cancerology meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cancerology?
Cancerology is a noun.
What is the plural of cancerology?
The plural of cancerology is cancerologies.

Words near cancerology in the dictionary

  1. cancerogens
  2. cancerological
  3. cancerologies
  4. cancerologist
  5. cancerologists
  6. cancerology
  7. cancerome
  8. canceromes
  9. cancerophobe
  10. cancerophobes
  11. cancerophobia

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cancerology (page history and authors); cancerology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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