Skip to content

Cancer Terminology

  • About
  • Terminology
  • Genetic Terminology
  • Drug Terminology
Cancer Terminology

Single Biggest Cancer Dictionary in the World

What is

surgery

?

Press
Pronunciation: /ˈsərʤəri/

surgery

Definition

A procedure to remove or repair a part of the body or to find out whether disease is present. Also called operation.

Explore Cancer Terminology

Find more

end-of-life care

transformation

NIH

Foscavir

Akeega

nicotine lozenge

moxifloxacin hydrochloride

stage I leiomyosarcoma of the uterus

Explore Cancer Drug Terminology

find more

mRNA-derived prostate cancer vaccine CV9103

Hsp90 inhibitor debio 0932

crizanlizumab

amivantamab and recombinant human hyaluronidase

iodine 131-6-beta-iodomethyl-19-norcholesterol

siRNA-transfected peripheral blood mononuclear cells APN401

Maekmoondong-tang

allogeneic CRISPR-edited anti-CD19 CAR T cells PACE CART19

Explore Genetic Cancer Terminology

find more

PRS

loss of heterozygosity

band

germline DNA

penetrance

constitutional DNA

variant of unknown significance

allelic heterogeneity

  • About
  • Terminology
  • Genetic Terminology
  • Drug Terminology

© 2026 Cancer Terminology

  • About
  • Terminology
  • Genetic Terminology
  • Drug Terminology