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Chinese symbol for “oncology”

肿瘤科
zhǒng liú kē
Traditional: 腫瘤科
oncology

The closest CC-CEDICT match for oncology is 肿瘤科 (zhǒng liú kē), defined as: oncology.

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Characters and stroke order

肿 zhǒng
swelling; swollen; to swell
radical 130 ⾁ · 8 strokes
瘤 liú
tumor, lump, goiter
radical 104 ⽧ · 15 strokes
科 kē
section, department; field, branch; science
radical 115 ⽲ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “oncology”

WordPinyinMeaning
肿瘤学 (腫瘤學)zhǒng liú xuéoncology

Related words

Other words that share a character with 肿瘤科.

WordPinyinMeaning
肿瘤 (腫瘤)zhǒng liútumor
肿胀 (腫脹)zhǒng zhàngswelling; oedema
臃肿 (臃腫)yōng zhǒngobese; bloated
水肿 (水腫)shuǐ zhǒng(medicine) to suffer from edema (dropsy)
囊肿 (囊腫)náng zhǒngcyst (med.)
恶性肿瘤 (惡性腫瘤)è xìng zhǒng liúmalignant tumor
毒瘤dú liúmalignant tumor; (fig.) cancer; scourge
淋巴瘤lín bā liúlymphoma
科技kē jìscience and technology

See also: Japanese symbol for “oncology”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.