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che·mo

(kē′mō, kĕm′ō)

n. Informal

Chemotherapy or a chemotherapeutic treatment.

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chemo

(ˈkiːməʊ)

(Medicine) informal short for chemotherapy

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

che•mo

(ˈki moʊ)
n. Informal.

chemotherapy.

[1980–85]

Translations

chemo

[ˈkiːməʊ] N (= chemotherapy) → quimio f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

chemo

[ˈkiːməʊ] n (= chemotherapy) → chimio f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

chemo

(inf)

abbr of chemotherapy → Chemo f (inf); to have/need/undergo chemo → (eine) Chemotherapie bekommen/brauchen/machen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

chemo

(fam) V. chemotherapy.

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Now Chemo, 19, has been hauled before the courts and banned from keeping animals.

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Chrissie Jackson has already been "arrested" by police officers in a prearranged stunt and taken her chemo tablets in a prison cell.

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Chrissie Jackson, fromStockton Heath in Warrington,has already been 'arrested' by police officers in a pre-arranged stunt and done chemo in a prison cell.

Woman with Stage 4 cancer is on unusual mission to take her chemo tablets in "cool places"; Chrissie Jackson, 46, from Stockton Heath in Warrington, has stage 4 metastatic cancer but is remaining hugely positive about her uncertain future

"The chemo might stop working after one year or five years, there's no telling.

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In the pig tests, the sponge soaked up 64% of a chemo drug called doxorubicin.

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The Oncotype DX test, which shows if chemo therapy will help a patient or whether hormone pills will be enough, is already available to those whose cancer has not spread.

Chemo relief as gene test is rolled out

Women in the study who received Tecentriq plus chemo went two months longer on average without their cancer worsening compared with those on chemo alone -- a modest benefit.

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Rosie's chemo was cancelled due to water bacteria at hospital... we'll never know what effect delay will have on her; PROBE OVER SICK CHILDREN SCANDAL Mum's fears as cancer-hit daughter's therapy delayed

Devastated Kerri, 34, was told by doctors this month her cancer was back and that her best hope was chemo and radiotherapy.

I'm risking jail to treat my brain tumour with cannabis oil; New anguish for Playboy model who became prude after cancer op; BEAUTY QUEEN KERRI IS SNUBBING CHEMO; EXCLUSIVE

Washington DC, [USA] Aug 05 ( ANI ): In a recent discovery, scientists have identified a key molecule that drives chemo attraction between sperm and egg cells in marine invertebrates, animals that don't have a vertebral column.

Molecule identified that helps sperm find egg cells

So back to 23 December , I received many positive messages of support from the Pink Ladies, all providing sensible advice on how to manage chemo, what to eat and drink, what to take to the hospital with me -- you name it, the advice was invaluable.