variants
or less commonly chemi-
1
: chemical : chemistry
chemotaxis
2
: chemically
chemisorb
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Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 11 Dec. 2025
At that point my oncologist felt comfortable dropping the chemo and just doing the immunotherapy to see what would happen.
—Glamour, 9 Dec. 2025
The thought of losing our hair—through chemo, the menopause, stress—is our worst nightmare.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
That means people [going] through chemo or who have autoimmune diseases, and health issues like that can use them.
—Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
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Noun
So Brandon would go into the chemo treatments.
—Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 11 Dec. 2025
At that point my oncologist felt comfortable dropping the chemo and just doing the immunotherapy to see what would happen.
—Glamour, 9 Dec. 2025
The thought of losing our hair—through chemo, the menopause, stress—is our worst nightmare.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
That means people [going] through chemo or who have autoimmune diseases, and health issues like that can use them.
—Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Chemo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chemo. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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