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hemotherapy

[ hee-muh-ther-uh-pee, hem-uh- ]
/ ˌhi məˈθɛr ə pi, ˌhɛm ə- /

noun Medicine/Medical.

therapy by means of blood, serum, or plasma transfusion.

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Also hemotherapeutics.

Origin of hemotherapy

hemo- + therapy

Words nearby hemotherapy

hemostasis, hemostat, hemostatic, hemostatic forceps, hemotherapeutics, hemotherapy, hemothorax, hemotoxic, hemotoxin, hemotroph, hemotropic
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Medical definitions for hemotherapy

hemotherapy
[ hē′mə-thĕr′ə-pē ]

n.

The treatment of disease by the use of blood or blood derivatives, as in transfusion.
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