chemotherapeutic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.20 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or having to do with chemotherapy.
noun
Example Sentences
- "But for a vast majority of cancers, more intensive regimens of standard chemotherapeutic drugs did not necessarily mean more survival."
- "Several novel chemotherapeutics that target specific signaling pathways are now available as anti-cancer agents including EGFR inhibitors and rapamycin."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- English therapeutic English chemotherapeutic From chemo- + therapeutic.
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Phrases
chemotherapeutic agent