"cancerology" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: cancer + -ology Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cancer|ology}} cancer + -ology Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cancerology (uncountable)
  1. (medicine, dated) The scientific study of cancer. Tags: dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Hypernyms: oncology Related terms: cancerological, cancerologist Translations (study of cancer): kancerologio (Esperanto), cancerología [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cancerology-en-noun-ICAFqfm- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ology Topics: medicine, sciences

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