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chemo

1

[ kee-moh, kem-oh ]

noun

Informal.
plural chemos.
  1. chemotherapy or a chemotherapy treatment.


chemo-

2
  1. a combining form with the meanings “chemical,” “chemically induced,” “chemistry,” used in the formation of compound words:

    chemotherapy.

chemo

1

/ ˈ쾱ːəʊ /

noun

  1. informal.
    short for chemotherapy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

chemo-

2

combining_form

  1. indicating that chemicals or chemical reactions are involved

    chemotherapy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chemo1

By shortening; -o

Origin of chemo2

chem-, extracted from chemical or chemistry + -o- or -i-
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chemo1

New Latin, from Late Greek ŧ𾱲; see alchemy
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When most people think about cancer, they imagine the physical toll that it takes: weeks of chemo or radiation treatment, or multiple surgeries and visits to various specialists.

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But when he starts hallucinating conversations with climate activist Greta Thunberg, imagining himself at a support group for extinct animals and actually vandalizing borrowed lawnmowers, it seems his chemo is upending his brain.

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Now with chemo side effects, “I’m gonna end up looking like the Last Airbender. Or the fattest Air Gender Bender.”

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Dave Coulier, comedian and ‘Full House’ actor, resurfaces after six rounds of chemo for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

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On Monday, he delivered a positive update in a Parade article, saying his doctors had “carpet-bombed me for three more treatments” after seeing improvement in a PET scan that was done halfway through chemo.

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