chemo
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈkiːmoʊ/
- Informal
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quimio
- So I was talking to Dionne and she just finished up her chemo treatment like a week ago.
- chemo and radiation
- a round of chemo
- get chemo
I have to go get my dad from chemo in New York City.
- I have to go get my dad from chemo in New York City.
- He showed up for his last chemo radiation treatment with a Gronk jersey.
- So they were turning chemo patients away, cancer patients away.
- So over the six weeks of treatment, that's the chemo once a week.
- It's NLPHL, no chemo, no radiation.
- But he was trying to do one last round of chemo.
- Well, you actually, you take care of women when they're going through chemo and help them with wigs.
- So the pain, my father's pain and going through chemo or radiation of the surgeries wasn't permanent.
- And it's rough because every Monday Patrick has chemo.
- But day after day of feeling bad in your body from chemo, boy, it's hard to be positive.
- And if it is, then that's when you move on to low dose chemo.
Examples
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I spent a lot of time with Mom that year down in Florida as she struggled through her chemo and radiation.
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I barely managed the first round of chemo.
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I have to go get my dad from chemo in New York City.
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So they were turning chemo patients away, cancer patients away.
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But day after day of feeling bad in your body from chemo, boy, it's hard to be positive.
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So that tells us the two rounds of chemo have worked well.
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Then his mother got liver cancer, and with her chemo treatments, became too weak to help look after the kids.
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So they're going to have to start radiation and chemo next week, I believe.
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This is the medicine for the nausea from the chemo.
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My friend is feeling better after her last round of chemo to treat her cancer.
Synonyms
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4.1
A treatment that uses strong drugs to kill cancer cells or stop them growing
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word chemo is a short form of chemotherapy and comes from the prefix chemo-, which means 'chemical' and is the same root as chemical and chemistry. So chemo refers to the cancer treatment that uses chemicals (drugs) to destroy cancer cells.