chemotherapy
noun
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.
chemotherapist
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a word derived from
chemotherapy.
Example Sentences
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He worked at Memorial Sloan Kettering for 29 years as a chemotherapist.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2016
Dr. Horlein, director of the Trust's pharmaceutical research at Elberfeld, and Dr. Domagk, a chemotherapist, designed Prontosil's complex molecule of dyestuff.
From Time Magazine Archive
