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chemo

1

[kee-moh, kem-oh]

noun

Informal.

plural

chemos 
  1. chemotherapy or a chemotherapy treatment.



chemo-

2
  1. a combining form with the meanings “chemical,” “chemically induced,” “chemistry,” used in the formation of compound words.

    chemotherapy.

chemo

1

/ ˈ쾱ːəʊ /

noun

  1. informalshort for chemotherapy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

chemo-

2

combining form

  1. indicating that chemicals or chemical reactions are involved

    chemotherapy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chemo1

By shortening; -o

Origin of chemo2

chem-, extracted from chemical or chemistry + -o- or -i-
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chemo1

New Latin, from Late Greek ŧ𾱲; see alchemy
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Example Sentences

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The cancer could be treated one of three ways: by removing the prostate altogether, with chemo or with radiation.

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The Bronglais Chemo Appeal was launched by Hywel Dda Health Charities in 2021 to raise the final £500,000 needed for construction to start.

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However, while the chemo can treat tumours, her bone marrow is still creating cells that become cancerous.

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When most people think about cancer, they imagine the physical toll that it takes: weeks of chemo or radiation treatment, or multiple surgeries and visits to various specialists.

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But when he starts hallucinating conversations with climate activist Greta Thunberg, imagining himself at a support group for extinct animals and actually vandalizing borrowed lawnmowers, it seems his chemo is upending his brain.

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