chemo
[kee-moh, kem-oh]
- chemotherapy or a chemotherapy treatment.
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Origin of chemo
by shortening; see -o
chemo-
- a combining form with the meanings “chemical,” “chemically induced,” “chemistry,” used in the formation of compound words: chemotherapy.
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Origin of chemo-
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“I would sit with her and talk while she was in chemo at UCLA,” he says.
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He goes to the hospital practically every day for what he called a quick shot of chemo.
Her body was being destroyed by chemo and I became devoted to helping her.
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After surgery, the patients all received the standard therapy of chemo, radiotherapy and endocrine therapy.
He points to the IV stand in the corner of the picture, clearly showing it was taken during one of his chemo sessions.
chemo
- informal short for chemotherapy
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chemo-
chemi- or before a vowel chem-
- indicating that chemicals or chemical reactions are involvedchemotherapy
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Word Origin for chemo-
New Latin, from Late Greek khēmeia; see alchemy
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Word Origin and History for chemo
chemo-
before vowels chem-, word-forming element denoting "relation to chemical action or chemicals," from comb. form of chemical (adj.), used to form scientific compound words from c.1900.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
chemo
(kē′mō)- Chemotherapy or a chemotherapeutic treatment.
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chemo-
- Chemicals; chemical:chemotherapy.
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