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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries化学療法
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kagaku ryōhō
"彼は定期的に化学療法を受けています。"
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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.
Which of the following is the closest synonym for "chemotherapy"?
10 Global Lexicons: How "chemotherapy" is said worldwide
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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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