variants
or less commonly chemi-
1
: chemical : chemistry
chemotaxis
2
: chemically
chemisorb
Examples of chemo in a Sentence
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Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 15 July 2023
Surgery, chemo, perhaps a stay in rehab and possibly radiation therapy will be prescribed by my oncologist.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
Advertisement Following the chemo and a short break, Staley began six weeks of radiation, every morning, Monday through Friday.
—Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
That is the part that hit me the hardest — the idea of chemo.
—USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
After the ninth round of chemo, scans showed Staley to be cancer free.
—Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
Evert still had a hard road ahead, with six cycles of chemo, but her chances of recovery were 90 percent.
—Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
That shortage, in turn, has contributed to a shortage of carboplatin, a chemo drug that can be substituted for cisplatin and was also made at the same Intas plant.
—Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 27 June 2023
So far, neither a group of experts organized by the Biden administration nor prominent medical organizations have found a way to avoid rationing the crucial chemo drugs.
—Christina Jewett, New York Times, 26 June 2023
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Noun
Toby Keith Hopes to Be 'Out on the Road' This Fall as Stomach Cancer Tumor Shrinks by a Third
Keith announced in June 2022 that he’d been diagnosed with stomach cancer the previous fall, and was receiving chemo, radiation and surgery.
—Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 15 July 2023
Surgery, chemo, perhaps a stay in rehab and possibly radiation therapy will be prescribed by my oncologist.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
Advertisement Following the chemo and a short break, Staley began six weeks of radiation, every morning, Monday through Friday.
—Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
That is the part that hit me the hardest — the idea of chemo.
—USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
After the ninth round of chemo, scans showed Staley to be cancer free.
—Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
Evert still had a hard road ahead, with six cycles of chemo, but her chances of recovery were 90 percent.
—Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
That shortage, in turn, has contributed to a shortage of carboplatin, a chemo drug that can be substituted for cisplatin and was also made at the same Intas plant.
—Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 27 June 2023
So far, neither a group of experts organized by the Biden administration nor prominent medical organizations have found a way to avoid rationing the crucial chemo drugs.
—Christina Jewett, New York Times, 26 June 2023
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