"chemo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkiːməʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkimoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-chemo.oga [US] Forms: chemos [plural]
Rhymes: -iːməʊ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chemo (countable and uncountable, plural chemos)
  1. (informal) Clipping of chemotherapy. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable Alternative form of: chemotherapy Derived forms: chemobrain, chemofog Translations (Translations): Chemo [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-chemo-en-noun-YaBd4-qb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 80 20

Verb

IPA: /ˈkiːməʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkimoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-chemo.oga [US] Forms: chemos [present, singular, third-person], chemoing [participle, present], chemoed [participle, past], chemoed [past]
Rhymes: -iːməʊ Head templates: {{en-verb}} chemo (third-person singular simple present chemos, present participle chemoing, simple past and past participle chemoed)
  1. (informal, transitive) To treat with chemotherapy. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-chemo-en-verb-LWMd9XEJ

Inflected forms

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        "(informal) Clipping of chemotherapy."
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