| oncography | Graphic representation, by means of a special apparatus, of the size and configuration of an organ. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| oncoides | Intumescence or turgescence. Origin: onco-+ G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
| oncologic nursing | Nursing care provided cancer patients. It includes aspects of family functioning through education of both patient and family. The specialty of oncologic nursing focuses on cancer as a major health care problem. (12 Dec 1998) |
| oncologist | <specialist> A doctor who specialises in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of individuals suffering with cancer. (16 Dec 1997) |
| oncology | <study> The study of diseases that cause cancer. (12 May 1997) |
| oncology service, hospital | The hospital department responsible for the administration and provision of diagnostic and therapeutic services for the cancer patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
| oncolysis | Destruction of a neoplasm; sometimes used with reference to the reduction of any swelling or mass. Origin: onco-+ G. Lysis, dissolution (05 Mar 2000) |
| oncolytic | <oncology, pathology> Pertaining to, characterised by or causing oncolysis which is the destruction of tumour cells. Origin: Gr. Lysis = dissolution (18 Nov 1997) |
| Oncomelania | A medically important genus of amphibious freshwater operculate snails of the family Hydrobiidae (subfamily Hydrobiinae; subclass Prosobranchiata). In the Orient, several subspecies of Oncomelania hupensis serve as intermediate hosts of the oriental blood fluke, Schistosoma japonicum. Origin: onco-+ G. Melas (melan-), black (05 Mar 2000) |
| oncometer | <physiology> An instrument for measuring the variations in size of the internal organs of the body, as the kidney, spleen, etc. Origin: Gr. Bulk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oncometric | Relating to oncometry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oncometry | Measurement of the size of an organ. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oncomodulin | <molecular biology> Calcium-binding proteins containing the EF hand motif. Found only in tumours and related to panalbumin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| oncomouse | <oncology> Term for a transgenic mouse that has had a foreign oncogene placed into its genome to facilitate the study of the cancer disease process. (14 Nov 1997) |
| oncoplastic carcinoma | <tumour> Obsolete term for an undifferentiated carcinoma showing no evidence by light microscopy of origin from a specific epithelial tissue, e.g., squamous or glandular epithelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| oncolysate |
An extract made from cancer cells that are infected with a lytic strain of virus. The extract contains both cancer cell proteins and virus proteins. Oncolysates are being studied as cancer vaccines.
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| oncolysis |
The breakdown, or lysis, of a tumor. This can occur by mechanical means, chemicals, or infectious agents such as viruses. Oncolytic viruses do not lyse most normal cells.
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| oncolytic |
Refers to viruses that kill cancer cells more often than they kill normal cells.
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| oncogene |
A gene that causes cells to grow in an uncontrolled manner, ie, that causes cancer. Oncogenes are mutant forms of normal functional genes (called proto-oncogenes) that have a role in normal cell proliferation. Oncogenes are found in tumours and in retroviruses; in the latter case, having been picked up along with retroviral genes during retroviral replication in the host. ...
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| oncogenesis |
The progression of cytological, genetic and cellular changes that culminate in a tumour.
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