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Chemotherapy vs Chemobrain - What's the difference?

chemotherapy | chemobrain |

As nouns the difference between chemotherapy and chemobrain

is that chemotherapy is (medicine) any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state while chemobrain is (informal) cognitive impairment resulting from chemotherapy.

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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    chemobrain

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (informal) Cognitive impairment resulting from chemotherapy.