oncological

1. 1.

   of or relating to or practicing oncology

   “oncological nurse”

   Synonymsoncologic

Questions about oncological

What does oncological mean?

oncological means "of or relating to or practicing oncology".

How many syllables are in oncological?

oncological has 5 syllables: on-co-lo-gi-cal. The stress falls on "lo".

What is another word for oncological?

Close synonyms include oncologic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oncological a common word?

oncological is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.