ONCOLOGIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oncologic mean? 

• ONCOLOGIC (adjective)
  The adjective ONCOLOGIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or practicing oncology

  Familiarity information: ONCOLOGIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONCOLOGIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or practicing oncology

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

oncologic; oncological

Context example:

oncological nurse

Pertainym:

oncology (the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors)

Derivation:

oncology (the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors)

 Context examples 

The ACOSOG (Durham, NC) includes general and specialty surgeons, representatives of related oncologic disciplines and allied health professionals in academic medical centers and community practices throughout the US and foreign countries.

(American College of Surgeons Oncology Group, NCI Thesaurus)

ACRO promotes the education and science of radiation oncology to improve oncologic service, to study the socioeconomic aspects of the practice of radiation oncology, and to encourage improved and continuing education in radiation oncology and its allied professional fields.

(American College of Radiation Oncology, NCI Thesaurus)

Methylene blue stains to negatively charged cell components like nucleic acids; when administered in the lymphatic bed of a tumor during oncologic surgery, methylene blue may stain lymph nodes draining from the tumor, thereby aiding in the visual localization of tumor sentinel lymph nodes.

(Methylene Blue, NCI Thesaurus)