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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: chemo-, chemi-, (before a vowel)chem- combining form - indicating that chemicals or chemical reactions are involved: chemotherapy
Etymology: New Latin, from Late Greek khēmeia; see alchemy WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024che•mo (kē′mō, kem′ō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mos. [Informal.]- Medicine, Informal Termschemotherapy or a chemotherapy treatment.
chemo-, - Chemistrya combining form with the meanings "chemical,'' "chemically induced,'' "chemistry,'' used in the formation of compound words:chemotherapy.Also, esp. before elements of Latin origin, chemi-.
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] chem-. - chem-, extracted from chemical or chemistry + -o- or -i-
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