Meaning
chemotherapy, chemo
- treatment of disease, especially cancer, using chemical substances; chemotherapy
In a sentence
Il paziente ha completato il suo primo ciclo di chemioterapia.
The patient completed his first round of chemotherapy.
La chemioterapia può causare forte stanchezza nei primi giorni.
Chemotherapy can cause severe fatigue in the first few days.
I medici hanno deciso di combinare la chemioterapia con la chirurgia.
The doctors decided to combine chemotherapy with surgery.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| chemioterapia | feminine · singular |
| chemioterapie | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Pronounced with hard /k/ at the beginning ('che-').
- Often shortened colloquially to 'chemio' (/ˈkɛ.mjo/), which is invariable.