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chemotherapy

Syllabification: (che·mo·ther·a·py)
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Definition of chemotherapy

noun

  • the treatment of disease by the use of chemical substances, especially the treatment of cancer by cytotoxic and other drugs.

Derivatives

chemotherapist

Pronunciation: /-pist/
noun

chemotherapy in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of chemotherapy in the British & World English dictionary