Chemotherapy

What do we mean by chemotherapy?

The treatment of cancer using specific chemical agents or drugs that are selectively destructive to malignant cells and tissues. noun

The treatment of disease using chemical agents or drugs that are selectively toxic to the causative agent of the disease, such as a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism. noun

The use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness); -- also used especially in reference to the use of chemicals to treat cancer. noun

Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state. noun

Chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient. noun

The use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness) noun

Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.

(most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.

A treatment consisting of different chemicals for different types of cancers used in cancer treatment.It has been known to cause hair loss and make you sick as fuck. Urban Dictionary

Chemotherapy uses toxic chemicals to supposedly treat cancer. Drugs are not FDA approved, only shrink tumors, but do generate large amounts of money, half a million, a success for the hospitals only. STUPID Health and quality of life are not measures of success here. It's just a SCAM, a conspiracy, which are perfect of course since they get away with it. STUPID PUSSIES They have been lying to us, even produce hospital shows on TV to perpetuate the lie; yes they can afford it. These people are obviously sociopaths and psychopaths, they know they are harming people, but hey that's what power and money is all about. STUPID PUSSIES Urban Dictionary

A cancer treatment consisting of being hooked up to medicine-containing machines Side effects include losing your hair Urban Dictionary

The number one reason people die from cancer Urban Dictionary

A state of complete inebriation in which the physical effect of alcohol can only be likened to receiving chemotherapy Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to chemotherapy:
chemotherapy, hemotherapy, theotherapy, thermotherapy, chromotherapy, crymotherapy, chemotherapie.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word chemotherapy:
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Words that rhyme with chemotherapy:
therapy, hydrotherapy, psychotherapy, immunotherapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, aversion therapy, shock therapy, radiation therapy, electroshock therapy, implosion therapy, speech therapy, behavior therapy, insulin shock therapy, radium therapy, x-ray therapy, serum therapy, mcnamara p, nicotera p.

Adjectives that are often used to describe chemotherapy:
systemic, intensive, cytotoxic, preoperative, neoadjuvant, based, adjuvant, effective, conventional, postoperative, aggressive, standard, primary, arterial, intraperitoneal, concurrent, initial, intrathecal, regional, modern, line, specific, multiagent, antiviral, prior, prophylactic, antimicrobial, appropriate, palliative, previous, concomitant, hepatic, topical, intravesical, experimental, sequential, further, successful, antituberculous, additional, intraarterial, term, emetogenic, intravenous, myelosuppressive, subsequent, adjunctive, continuous, adequate, antibacterial, drug, operative, intermittent, antineoplastic, containing, oral, anticancer, perioperative, antifungal, multiple, surgical, immunosuppressive, selective, extensive, curative, combined, multidrug, cyclic, myeloablative, cyclical, toxic, intense, weekly, fluorouracil, ablative, hyperthermic, resistant, infusional, cyclophosphamide, mass, antibiotic, prolonged, tuberculous.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective chemotherapy:
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Words that sound like chemotherapy:
chemotherapy, cryotherapy, gene therapy, psychotherapy, scunthorpe, simonelli, satrapy, simonetti, siem reap, samira.