onco-

See also: onco, oncó, oncò, and onco'

English

Etymology

First attested 1857, from New Latin onco- (“tumor”). from Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “lump, mass, bulk”).

Prefix

onco-

1. Pertaining to tumors.

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with onco-

oncoapoptosis

oncoapoptotic

oncobiology

oncocyte

oncodermatology

oncodevelopmental

oncodiabetology

oncodomain

oncodriver

oncofactor

oncofertility

oncofetal

oncogen

oncogene

oncogenesis

oncogenetic

oncogenetically

oncogeneticist

oncogenetics

oncogenic

oncogenics

oncogenome

oncogenomic

oncogenomics

oncogenotype

oncogenous

oncogeriatric

oncogeriatrics

oncograph

oncohaematologic

oncohaematological

oncohaematology

oncohematological

oncohematology

oncohistone

oncoimmunology

oncoimmunotherapy

oncoinflammation

oncoinflammatory

oncokinase

oncolipid

oncologist

oncology

oncolysis

oncolytic

oncomarker

oncometabolic

oncometabolite

oncometer

oncomodulation

oncomodulator

oncomodulatory

oncomouse

oncomutation

onconeural

onconeuronal

oncosis

oncopathogen

oncopathology

oncopeptide

oncopharmacology

oncophysics

oncoplastic

oncopromoting

oncoprotective

oncoprotein

oncoproteogenome

oncoproteogenomic

oncoproteogenomics

oncoproteome

oncoproteomic

oncoproteomics

oncoregulator

oncoretrovirus

oncoribosome

oncosome

oncosphere

oncostain

oncostatic

oncostatin

oncosuppression

oncosuppressive

oncosuppressor

oncosurgical

oncotarget

oncotherapeutic

oncotherapy

oncotomy

oncotropic

oncotropism

oncotype

oncovaccine

oncoviral

oncovirus

• oncologist
• oncology
• oncomouse
• onconeural
• oncovaccine

Related terms

• -oncus

Translations

pertaining to tumors

Catalan: onco- German: onko- Hungarian: onko- Italian: onco- (it) Russian: онко- (onko-)

Anagrams

• 'coon, Coon, Ocon, cono-, coon

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /on.ko/
• Hyphenation: on‧co-

Prefix

onco-

1. onco-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with onco-

oncocita

oncoematologia

oncoematologico

oncogene

oncogenesi

oncogenico

oncogeno

oncolitico

oncologia

oncosi

oncosoppressore

oncoterapia

oncotomia

oncotrofico

Portuguese

Prefix

onco-

1. onco-

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with onco-

oncogene

oncologia

Further reading

• “onco-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “onco-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Prefix

onco-

1. onco-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with onco-

oncodermatitis

oncogén

oncogénesis

oncohematología

oncohematológico

oncolítico

oncología

Further reading

• “onco-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024