Chemotherapy Definition
 kēmō-thĕrə-pē, kĕmō- 
    noun
  
 The prevention or treatment of disease by the administration of drugs; specif., the treatment of cancer by means of a regimen of cytotoxins or other anti-cancer drugs.
 Webster's New World 
The treatment of disease using chemical agents or drugs that are selectively toxic to the causative agent of the disease, such as a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
 American Heritage Medicine 
Other Word Forms of Chemotherapy
Noun
Singular:
 chemotherapyPlural:
 chemotherapiesOrigin of Chemotherapy
-  
chemo- + therapy
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