chemotherapeutical

7.7

Used to describe treatment that uses strong drugs to kill cancer cells

adjective
/ˌkɛməθəˈrɛpjuːtɪkəl/

Specialized

: quimioterapéutico

She is undergoing chemotherapeutical treatment for her cancer.

Examples

Her response to the chemotherapeutical treatment was closely monitored by her doctors.
The hospital developed new chemotherapeutical protocols to improve patient outcomes.
Research continues into more effective chemotherapeutical agents for resistant cancers.
The chemotherapeutical options available have improved significantly over the years.
Her response to the chemotherapeutical treatment was closely monitored by her doctors.
Research continues into more effective chemotherapeutical agents for resistant cancers.
The hospital developed new chemotherapeutical protocols to improve patient outcomes.

Synonyms

chemotherapeutic

vschemotherapeutical

Specialized

1 7.3

Relating to treatment of cancer using strong drugs that kill cancer cells

is the same meaning but a different adjective form

chemo

vschemotherapeutical

Specialized

4.2

Relating to cancer treatment with strong drugs

is more general and refers to relation with chemotherapy rather than specific effects

anticancer

vschemotherapeutical

Specialized

4.2

A medicine that helps prevent or treat cancer

is limited to treatments that involve chemotherapy rather than all cancer therapies

Surface Forms

chemotherapeutical positive

Morphology

chemotherapeutical = chemotherapeutic (transparent) = chemo + therapeutic + al

Formed by adding the productive suffix '-al' to 'chemotherapeutic'; the meaning 'relating to chemotherapy' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Chemotherapeutical breaks into chemo- meaning 'chemical' (the same start as chemical) and therapeutic meaning 'healing' (like therapy), so it is about healing with chemicals. That's why chemotherapeutical describes treatments that use chemical drugs, especially to fight cancer.