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Chemotherapy - What does it mean?

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chemotherapy

Noun

  • (medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.
  • (oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.
  • Derived terms

    * chemotherapeutic

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