Chemo

//ˈkiːməʊ// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of chemotherapy. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To treat with chemotherapy. informal, transitive

    "We chemoed the tumor in the leg down by 92 percent, and the fourteen in her lungs vanished."

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"That last round of chemo really sapped his energy."

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