Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chemo

/ˈkimoʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: chemo
IPA: /ˈkimoʊ/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Clipping of chemotherapy.

Countable; Informal; Uncountable

verb

To treat with chemotherapy.

Informal; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"I couldn’t control my bowels. “You just need to recover from chemo,” I was told."
"We chemoed the tumor in the leg down by 92 percent, and the fourteen in her lungs vanished."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkimoʊ/
British English: /ˈkiːməʊ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

chemos (plural) chemos (present, singular) chemoing (participle, present) chemoed (participle, past) chemoed (past)

Derived Forms

chemobrain chemofog

Rhymes With

simo colosimo bellissimo digeronimo memo emo supremo chimo

Questions

How do you pronounce chemo?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkimoʊ/.
What does chemo mean?: Clipping of chemotherapy.

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