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noun 
  1. The branch of medicine concerned with tumors, including study of their development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Etymology: First attested w:1857, 1857, from onco- "tumor," from onkos "lump, mass, bulk" + -logy "study of," from Gr. logia, from logos, "word."


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