Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neoadjuvant therapy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables
neoad-ju-van-t ther-a-py
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

any initial treatment for cancer (such as chemotherapy) that shrinks a tumor prior to surgery

Countable; Uncountable

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What does neoadjuvant therapy mean?
any initial treatment for cancer (such as chemotherapy) that shrinks a tumor prior to surgery

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