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Definition: Oncologist |
OncologistNoun1. A specialist in oncology. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A doctor who specializes in treating cancer. Some oncologists specialize in a particular type of cancer treatment. For example, a radiation oncologist specializes in treating cancer with radiation. (references) |
Medicine | A specialist in oncology. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Oncology is the medical study and treatment of cancer. A physician who practices oncology is an oncologist. The term is from the Greek onkos, meaning bulk or mass, and the suffix -ology, meaning study of.The traditional methods of oncology, or means of treating cancer, are surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. Surgery involves cutting out malignant tumors. Chemotherapy involves administering chemicals to the patient to affect the cancer. Radiation therapy involves direction of radiation to concentrate on the cancerous tissue to kill it.
A significant problem with treatment methods such as surgery and directed radiation is that destruction of the primary tumor often results in other dormant micrometastases becoming active. In other words, once the main cancer is removed, other cancer sites often pop up throughout the body.
Many other types of therapy have been tried with cancer patients. Some of these have been discredited by the medical community, such as amygdalin, also known as laetrile, an extract of apricot pits. Other herbal preparations are being tried by various practitioners. Some physicians have claimed significant success with a modified means of delivering chemotherapy, termed IPT or insulin potentiation therapy.
Other efforts have centered on trying to bolster the body's immune system's ability to deal with the cancer. Unfortunately, many cancers present surface configurations that exactly mimic their original healthy parent cells, so that most immunotherapies are useless against them.
Some patients also use what are known as "adjunctive therapies", including such practices as visualization. While these are largely not proven to be effective, they are mostly at least harmless and often supportive of the patient's state of mind while they are undergoing medical therapies.
Also see experimental cancer treatments.
Links moved from medicine, to be sorted:
Breast cancer -- Cervical cancer -- Prostate cancer -- Stomach cancer
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Oncology."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Doctor, physician, surgeon; general practitioner, specialist; medical attendant, apothecary, druggist; leech; osteopath, osteopathist; optometrist, ophthalmologist; internist, oncologist, gastroenterologist; epidemiologist, public health specialist; dermatologist; podiatrist; witch doctor, shaman, faith healer, quack, exorcist; Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen; accoucheur, accoucheuse, midwife, oculist, aurist; operator; nurse, registered nurse, practical nurse, monthly nurse, sister; nurse's aide, candystriper; dresser; bonesetter; pharmaceutist, pharmacist, druggist, chemist, pharmacopolist. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Oncologist |
| Specialty definitions using "oncologist": medical oncologist. (references) |
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Health | Consultative backup by a gynecologic oncologist may be advantageous. (references) | |
Ask your dentist and radiation oncologist to consult before your radiation treatments begin. (references) | ||
A pain specialist may be an oncologist, anesthesiologist, neurologist, neurosurgeon, other doctor, nurse, or pharmacist. (references) | ||
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| "Oncologist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Oncologist" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "oncologist": gynecologic oncologist ♦ medical oncologist ♦ radiation oncologist ♦ urologic oncologist. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "oncologist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 癌症医师. (various references) | |
Danish | stråleterapeut (radiation oncologist). (various references) | |
Dutch | radio-oncoloog (radiation oncologist). (various references) | |
Finnish | sädehoitolääkäri (radiation oncologist), radio-onkologi (radiation oncologist). (various references) | |
French | oncologiste. (various references) | |
German | onkologin, onkologe. (various references) | |
Greek | ακτινοογκολόγος (radiation oncologist). (various references) | |
Italian | radioterapista oncologo (radiation oncologist). (various references) | |
Korean | 종양 문의. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oncologistay.(various references) | |
Spanish | oncólogo. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | онколог. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "oncologist": oncologists. (additional references) | |
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"Oncologist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: oncologies, onocologist. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "oncologist" (pronounced ÄngkÄ"lujust) |
| 8 | -k Ä" l u j u s t | ecologist, gynecologist, musicologist, psychologist, toxicologist. |
| 7 | -Ä" l u j u s t | anesthesiologist, anthropologist, apologist, archaeologist, biologist, cardiologist, criminologist, ideologist, immunologist, dermatologist, endocrinologist, entomologist, epidemiologist, geologist, gerontologist, kremlinologist, meteorologist, microbiologist, neurologist, ophthalmologist, paleontologist, pathologist, physiologist, radiologist, rheumatologist, seismologist, serologist, sociologist, urologist, virologist, zoologist. |
| 6 | -l u j u s t | mineralogist. |
| 4 | -j u s t | allergist, hugest, largest, strangest, strategist, technologist. |
| 3 | -u s t | agonist, agriculturalist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anatomist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anticommunist, apprenticed, aquarist, archivist, arsonist, absolutist, accompanist, ablest, abolitionist, abortionist, activist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biochemist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, caricaturist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, hygienist, idealist, illusionist, imperialist, impressionist, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, economist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, environmentalist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, humblest, humorist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, merest, methodist, mightiest, mildest, misogynist, modernist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, palest, panelist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, semifinalist, separatist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, softest, soonest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, tannest, televangelist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, violinist, violist, vocalist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-i-l-n-o-o-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: nosologic. | |
-2 letters: colonist, oologist, scooting, stolonic, stooling, toolings. | |
-3 letters: closing, cogitos, cooling, costing, gnostic, locoing, logions, loosing, looting, lotions, ologist, oologic, oolongs, soliton, soloing, sooting, tiglons, tooling. | |
-4 letters: clings, cloots, cogito, cogons, coigns, colins, cologs, coloni, colons, congos, consol, contos, cooing, cosign, coting, glints, igloos, incogs, ingots, isogon, isolog, logics, logion, looing, losing, lotion. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-g-i-l-n-o-o-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: oncologists. | |
+2 letters: chronologist, conchologist, oceanologist. | |
+3 letters: chronologists, conchologists, conglobations, oceanologists, volcanologist. | |
+4 letters: oligopsonistic, volcanologists. | |
+5 letters: biotechnologies, biotechnologist, chronobiologist, conglomerations, endocrinologist, ethnomusicology, geochronologist. | |
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