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chemo
1[kee-moh, kem-oh]
noun
plural
chemoschemotherapy or a chemotherapy treatment.
chemo-
2a combining form with the meanings “chemical,” “chemically induced,” “chemistry,” used in the formation of compound words.
chemotherapy.
chemo
1/ ˈ쾱ːəʊ /
noun
informalshort for chemotherapy
chemo-
2combining form
indicating that chemicals or chemical reactions are involved
chemotherapy
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of chemo1
Example Sentences
The cancer could be treated one of three ways: by removing the prostate altogether, with chemo or with radiation.
The Bronglais Chemo Appeal was launched by Hywel Dda Health Charities in 2021 to raise the final £500,000 needed for construction to start.
However, while the chemo can treat tumours, her bone marrow is still creating cells that become cancerous.
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.
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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