chemo

See also: chemo- and Chemo

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːməʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkimoʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːməʊ

Noun

chemo (countable and uncountable, plural chemos)

1. (informal) Clipping of chemotherapy.
   • 2026 June 16, Lily Majteles, “My First Orgasm Cost $10,812”, in The Cut‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 July 2026:

     I couldn’t control my bowels. “You just need to recover from chemo,” I was told.

Derived terms

• chemobrain
• chemofog

Translations

Translations

• German: Chemo (de) f

Verb

chemo (third-person singular simple present chemos, present participle chemoing, simple past and past participle chemoed)

1. (informal, transitive) To treat with chemotherapy.
   • 2015, Charley Fish, Insuring Death:

     We chemoed the tumor in the leg down by 92 percent, and the fourteen in her lungs vanished.

Anagrams

• Moche, moche, ochem

Dutch

Etymology

Shortening of chemokuur and chemotherapie, from the prefix chemo-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxeː.moː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: che‧mo

Noun

chemo f (plural chemo's, diminutive chemootje n)

1. (Netherlands, informal) chemotherapy

   Synonyms: chemokuur, chemotherapie