oncology

Term: oncology

Origin: Anc Greek όγκος/ogos(=bulk, volume) +-λογία/-logia(=study of)

>λόγος/logos(=speech, study of)

Coined: Galien (130-200) used the Greek term "oncos" to refer to a growth or a tumour that looked malignant using also the term carkinona and cancer for breast cancer as "the swollen veins surrounding a tumour resembled a crab’s limbs".

Definition:

The branch  of medicine dealing with the origin,  development, diagnosis, and treatment of malignant tumors.