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psychooncology

psychooncology noun: the branch of psychology that deals with people's experience of cancer.

Noun

psychooncology (uncountable)

  1. The branch of psychology that deals with people's experience of cancer

Forms of psychooncology

alternative formpsycho-oncology

Origin of psychooncology

From psycho- + oncology.

Questions about psychooncology

What does psychooncology mean?
Psychooncology means the branch of psychology that deals with people's experience of cancer.
What part of speech is psychooncology?
Psychooncology is a noun.

Words near psychooncology in the dictionary

  1. psychonomics
  2. psychonomy
  3. psychonosology
  4. psychons
  5. psychooncological
  6. psychooncology
  7. psychoonomastics
  8. psychopaedic
  9. psychopannychism
  10. psychopannychist
  11. psychopannychistic

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