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chemotherapy

[ kee-moh-ther-uh-pee, kem-oh- ]

noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. the treatment of disease by means of chemicals that have a specific toxic effect upon the disease-producing microorganisms or that selectively destroy cancerous tissue.


chemotherapy

/ ki藧m蓹-; 藢ki藧m蓹蕣藞胃蓻r蓹p瑟 /

noun

  1. treatment of disease, esp cancer, by means of chemical agents Compare radiotherapy
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

chemotherapy

  1. The treatment of disease, especially cancer, using drugs that are destructive to malignant cells and tissues.
  2. The treatment of disease using chemical agents or drugs that are selectively toxic to the causative agent of the disease, such as a microorganism.

chemotherapy

  1. The treatment of disease with chemicals. The term chemotherapy often refers to a kind of treatment for cancer in which chemicals are administered to destroy cancer cells .
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Notes

There are often side effects to chemotherapy, a common one being the temporary loss of hair.
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Derived Forms

  • 藢肠丑别尘辞藞迟丑别谤补辫颈蝉迟, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠丑别顎卪辞路迟丑别谤顎僡路辫颈蝉迟 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of chemotherapy1

First recorded in 1905鈥10; chemo- + therapy
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Example Sentences

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His chemotherapy and radiation treatments ended last October, he told the outlet, and he has chosen not to receive a prognosis.

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Ms Shah is undergoing her fourth round of chemotherapy at University College London Hospital and is optimistic she is beginning to see signs of remission.

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In its report, the watchdog gave examples of mistakes being made with pregnancy scans and chemotherapy drugs.

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"In the middle of November she had her first round of chemotherapy, then three days later she had a massive stroke on the left side of her brain," Mrs Clark continued.

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He鈥檚 undergoing a second round of chemotherapy and receiving white blood cell injections to aid his immune system.

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