chemotherapy
pronunciation
How to pronounce chemotherapy in British English:
UK [ˌki:məʊˈθerəpi]
How to pronounce chemotherapy in American English:
US [ˌkimoʊˈθerəpi]
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- Noun:
- the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness)
Word Origin
- chemotherapy (n.)
- 1906, from German Chemotherapie, coined by German biochemist Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915), from chemo- + therapie (see therapy).
Example
- 1. Declared cancer-free in 1997 after brain surgery and chemotherapy .
- 2. Most had been treated with chemotherapy for breast cancer .
- 3. Chemotherapy could soon become less grueling .
- 4. It was just after my first chemotherapy treatment .
- 5. Chinese herbs may improve chemotherapy for colon cancer .