Many cancer patients lose their hair because of the chemotherapy.
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Chemotherapy
//ˌkiːməʊˈθɛɹəpi//
Synonyms for "chemotherapy" (4 found)
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51 translations across 27 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- քիմիաթերապիա noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- kimyaterapiya noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
Catalan
2 entries- quimioteràpia noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
- quimioteràpia noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 化學療法 /化学疗法 noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
- 化學療法 /化学疗法 noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
- 化療 /化疗 noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
- 化療 /化疗 noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
Czech
1 entries- chemoterapie noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
Dutch
4 entries- chemo noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
- chemokuur noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
- chemokuur noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
- chemotherapie noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
Finnish
2 entries- kemoterapia noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
- kemoterapia noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
French
2 entries- chimiothérapie noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
- chimiothérapie noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
Galician
2 entries- quimioterapia noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
- quimioterapia noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
German
2 entries- Chemotherapie noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
- Chemotherapie noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
Greek
1 entries- χημειοθεραπεία noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
Hungarian
1 entries- kemoterápia noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
Indonesian
2 entries- kemoterapi noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
- kemoterapi noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
Italian
2 entries- chemioterapia noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
- chemioterapia noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
Japanese
1 entries- 化学療法 noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
Kazakh
1 entries- химиялық емдеу noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
Macedonian
1 entries- хемотерапија noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
Persian
1 entries- شیمیدرمانی noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
Polish
2 entries- chemioterapia noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
- chemioterapia noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
Portuguese
2 entries- quimioterapia noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
- quimioterapia noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
Russian
2 entries- химиотерапи́я noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
- химиотерапи́я noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
Slovak
1 entries- chemoterapia noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
Spanish
2 entries- quimioterapia noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
- quimioterapia noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
Swahili
2 entries- kemotherapi noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
- tibakemikali noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
Swedish
2 entries- cellgiftsbehandling noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
- kemoterapi noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
Turkish
4 entries- ilaç tedavisi noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
- kemoterapi noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
- kemoterapi noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
- kimyasal tedavi noun (therapeutic chemical treatment)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hoá trị noun (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
Sample sentences
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Many cancer patients lose their hair because of chemotherapy.
Source: tatoeba (992043)
She has been prescribed medical cannabis to alleviate the side effects of chemotherapy.
Source: tatoeba (3540305)
Tom has been through chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
Source: tatoeba (4630028)
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