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Galician
Etymology
From quimio- + terapia.
Noun
quimioterapia f (plural quimioterapias)
- (medicine) chemotherapy
- Synonym: (colloquial) quimio
Derived terms
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
From quimio- + terapia.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌkĩ.mi.o.te.ɾaˈpi.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˌkĩ.mjo.te.ɾaˈpi.ɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌkĩ.mi.o.te.ɾaˈpi.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˌkĩ.mjo.te.ɾaˈpi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌki.mi.o.te.ɾaˈpi.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˌki.mjo.te.ɾaˈpi.a/
- Hyphenation: qui‧mi‧o‧te‧ra‧pi‧a
Noun
quimioterapia f (plural quimioterapias)
- (medicine) chemotherapy
- Synonym: (colloquial) químio
Derived terms
Further reading
- “quimioterapia”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “quimioterapia”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “quimioterapia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “quimioterapia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “quimioterapia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French chimiothérapie. By surface analysis, quimio- + terapia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kimjoteˈɾapja/
- Rhymes: -apja
- Syllabification: qui‧mio‧te‧ra‧pia
Noun
quimioterapia f (plural quimioterapias)
- (medicine) chemotherapy
- Synonym: (colloquial) quimio
Derived terms
Further reading