See Also: onco(medicine)
onco-(dictionary)

onco- (iou)



onco- combining form of Greek ogkos mass, bulk, swelling: see -O-. Freq. in Medicine & Biology with the sense 'of or pertaining to swelling, esp. tumours'.
oncolite noun (Geology) a spheroidal stromatolite M20.
onco'litic adjective (Geology) of, pertaining to, or consisting of oncolites M20.
oncolysis noun (Biology) the absorption or destruction of a tumour E20.
onco'lytic adjective (Biology) of, pertaining to, or causing oncolysis. E20.
oncometer noun (Medicine) an instrument for measuring variations in the size of an organ L19.
oncosphere noun (Zoology) a tapeworm embryo in a hexacanth and spheroidal form E20.