chemo
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkiːməʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkimoʊ/
- Rhymes: -iːməʊ
Noun edit
chemo (countable and uncountable, plural chemos)
- (informal) Clipping of chemotherapy.
Verb edit
chemo (third-person singular simple present chemos, present participle chemoing, simple past and past participle chemoed)
- (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.
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Etymology edit
Shortening of chemokuur and chemotherapie, from the prefix chemo-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chemo f (plural chemo's, diminutive chemootje n)
- (Netherlands, informal) chemotherapy
- Synonyms: chemokuur, chemotherapie