chemotherapy
English
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edit- IPA(key): /ˌkiːməʊˈθɛɹəpi/
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Noun
editchemotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural chemotherapies)
- (medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.
- (oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.
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edittherapeutic chemical treatment
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chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer
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