chemo

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See also: chemo- and Chemo

English

Pronunciation

Noun

chemo (countable and uncountable, plural chemos)

  1. (informal) Clipping of chemotherapy.

Derived terms

Verb

chemo (third-person singular simple present chemos, present participle chemoing, simple past and past participle chemoed)

  1. (informal, transitive) To treat with chemotherapy.
    • 2015, Charley Fish, Insuring Death:
      We chemoed the tumor in the leg down by 92 percent, and the fourteen in her lungs vanished.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Shortening of chemokuur and chemotherapie, from the prefix chemo-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxeː.moː/
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  • Hyphenation: che‧mo

Noun

chemo f (plural chemo's, diminutive chemootje n)

  1. (Netherlands, informal) chemotherapy
    Synonyms: chemokuur, chemotherapie
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