oncologistn.
/ɒŋˈkɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ɑnˈkɑlədʒəst/, /ɑŋˈkɑlədʒəst/ Medicine.
An expert or specialist in oncology; esp. (in later use) one concerned with treatment by means of drugs rather than surgery or radiotherapy.
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searcher1597
snake-doctor1800
resuscitator1810
hydrophobist1855
narcologist1878
phthisiotherapeutist1899
phthisiotherapist1907
pulmonologist1912
chemotherapist1925
oncologist1925
allergist1928
cancerologist1935
physiatrist1946
orthotist1951
neuropharmacologist1957
1925 H. Gilford Tumours & Cancers xxvi. 574 Oncologists in general still adhere to older methods of operative treatment, supplemented, it may be, by actinic and other remedies.
1968 N. Bethell & D. Burg tr. A. Solzhenitsyn Cancer Ward (1969) i. vii. 96 On top of this a society of oncologists had been started recently.
1971 Lancet 21 Aug. 419/2 Although the oncologist's clinical experience with malignant disease is often limited, his pharmacological background has enabled him to make a substantial contribution to the subject.
2000 Esquire June 108/1 Four weeks after his mastectomy, Lyons sees his oncologist for the first time. The prescription: tamoxifen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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