Definitions for chemo
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1. chemonoun

   Short for chemotherapy.

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1. chemo

   Chemotherapy (often abbreviated to chemo and sometimes CTX or CTx) is a type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen. Chemotherapy may be given with a curative intent (which almost always involves combinations of drugs) or it may aim to prolong life or to reduce symptoms (palliative chemotherapy). Chemotherapy is one of the major categories of the medical discipline specifically devoted to pharmacotherapy for cancer, which is called medical oncology.The term chemotherapy has come to connote non-specific usage of intracellular poisons to inhibit mitosis (cell division) or induce DNA damage, which is why inhibition of DNA repair can augment chemotherapy. The connotation of the word chemotherapy excludes more selective agents that block extracellular signals (signal transduction). The development of therapies with specific molecular or genetic targets, which inhibit growth-promoting signals from classic endocrine hormones (primarily estrogens for breast cancer and androgens for prostate cancer) are now called hormonal therapies. By contrast, other inhibitions of growth-signals like those associated with receptor tyrosine kinases are referred to as targeted therapy. Importantly, the use of drugs (whether chemotherapy, hormonal therapy or targeted therapy) constitutes systemic therapy for cancer in that they are introduced into the blood stream and are therefore in principle able to address cancer at any anatomic location in the body. Systemic therapy is often used in conjunction with other modalities that constitute local therapy (i.e., treatments whose efficacy is confined to the anatomic area where they are applied) for cancer such as radiation therapy, surgery or hyperthermia therapy. Traditional chemotherapeutic agents are cytotoxic by means of interfering with cell division (mitosis) but cancer cells vary widely in their susceptibility to these agents. To a large extent, chemotherapy can be thought of as a way to damage or stress cells, which may then lead to cell death if apoptosis is initiated. Many of the side effects of chemotherapy can be traced to damage to normal cells that divide rapidly and are thus sensitive to anti-mitotic drugs: cells in the bone marrow, digestive tract and hair follicles. This results in the most common side-effects of chemotherapy: myelosuppression (decreased production of blood cells, hence also immunosuppression), mucositis (inflammation of the lining of the digestive tract), and alopecia (hair loss). Because of the effect on immune cells (especially lymphocytes), chemotherapy drugs often find use in a host of diseases that result from harmful overactivity of the immune system against self (so-called autoimmunity). These include rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, vasculitis and many others.

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1. Chemo

   Chemo is a fictional supervillain that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Showcase #39 and was created by writer Robert Kanigher and artists Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Books, the character has appeared in both comic books and other DC Comics-related products such as animated television series and trading cards.

How to pronounce chemo?

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chemo in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chemo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of chemo in a Sentence

1. Debbie Wasserman Schultz:

   Let's say you're diagnosed in your 20s or your 30s, and in some cases even your early 40s, and you've not yet had children, but you've learned that you have breast cancer. How are you going to deal with preserving your fertility and also going through chemo? How do you deal with dating issues?

2. Alex Trebek:

   I've got a couple million people out there who have expressed their good thoughts, their positive energy directed towards me and their prayers, i told the doctors, this has to be more than just the chemo, and they agreed it could very well be an important part of this.

3. Katherine Raymond:

   They did another biopsy then and determined it was myoepithelial carcinoma, an extremely rare cancer thats very serious, its extremely uncommon in children. When we were told about Fionahs condition, doctors said it was very rare and she would be facing an uphill battle. They told us she would need chemo, radiation and more surgery. They told us she might not live to see her first birthday which devastated us.

4. Hayley Mills:

   I was told two years ago that there was no sign of cancer anymore, and I don’t think I can put into words how that news made me feel, every year I have a full scan and check-up, and I truly believe it’s a combination of everything I did – surgery, chemo, alternative treatment – and the love of my family that helped.

5. Alex Trebek:

   There were some good days but a lot of not-so-good days, i joked with friends that the cancer won't kill me, the chemo treatments will.

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1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chemo
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemo
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=chemo