chemo
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈkiːməʊ//
- United States//ˈkimoʊ//
To treat with chemotherapy.
noun
- 1
Variant of chemotherapyinformalClipping of chemotherapy.
I couldn’t control my bowels. “You just need to recover from chemo,” I was told.
verb
- 1
informalTo treat with chemotherapy.
We chemoed the tumor in the leg down by 92 percent, and the fourteen in her lungs vanished.
Forms
- plural
- chemos
- past tense
- chemoed
- past participle
- chemoed
- present participle
- chemoing
- third person singular
- chemos