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Chemotherapy

Noun CEFR C1
ˌkiːməʊˈθɛɹəpi

Definitions

  1. Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.
    countable, uncountable
  2. chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.
    countable, uncountable

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CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

chemoton chemotopy chemotoxicity chemotoxin chemotransduction chemotransmitter

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