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Chemotherapy vs Chemoresistant - What's the difference?

chemotherapy | chemoresistant |

In medicine|lang=en terms the difference between chemotherapy and chemoresistant

is that chemotherapy is (medicine) any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state while chemoresistant is (medicine) describing the resistance of a tumour to chemotherapy.

As a noun chemotherapy

is (medicine) any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.

As an adjective chemoresistant is

(biochemistry) describing resistance of a cell to the actions of a chemical compound.

chemotherapy

English

(wikipedia 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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    chemoresistant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (biochemistry) Describing resistance of a cell to the actions of a chemical compound
  • (medicine) Describing the resistance of a tumour to chemotherapy

    • Related terms

    * chemoresistance