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Pronunciation / Transliteration: huàliáo
"她正在医院接受化疗。"
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The treatment of disease by the use of chemical substances, especially the treatment of cancer by cytotoxic and other drugs.
"She is currently undergoing chemotherapy to treat her breast cancer."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in the early 20th century, combining 'chemo-' (from chemical) and 'therapy' (treatment of disease), originally referring to the treatment of infectious diseases with chemical substances and later adopted for cancer treatment.
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chimiothérapie
Transliteration: chimiothérapie
"Elle suit une chimiothérapie chaque semaine."
Chemotherapie
Transliteration: Chemotherapie
"Die Chemotherapie war sehr anstrengend für ihn."
chemioterapia
Transliteration: chemioterapia
"Il medico ha consigliato cicli di chemioterapia."
quimioterapia
Transliteration: quimioterapia
"La quimioterapia es un tratamiento común para el cáncer."
quimioterapia
Transliteration: quimioterapia
"Ele terminou sua última sessão de quimioterapia ontem."
कीमोथेरेपी
Transliteration: kīmotherepī
"कैंसर के इलाज के लिए कीमोथेरेपी दी जा रही है।"
化疗
Transliteration: huàliáo
"她正在医院接受化疗。"
화학요법
Transliteration: hwahakyobeop
"그 환자는 항암 화학요법을 받고 있다."
化学療法
Transliteration: kagaku ryōhō
"彼は定期的に化学療法を受けています。"
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