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chemo-

US/kimoʊ/

chemo- prefix: relating to or using chemicals or chemistry.

Prefix

chemo-

  1. Relating to or using chemicals or chemistry.

Origin of chemo-

Back-formation from compounds built on New Latin chēmicus (“pertaining to alchemy or chemistry”) and chēmia (“chemistry”), ultimately of Ancient Greek origin.

Questions about chemo-

What does chemo- mean?
Chemo- means relating to or using chemicals or chemistry.
What part of speech is chemo-?
Chemo- is a prefix.
How do you pronounce chemo-?
Chemo- is pronounced /kimoʊ/ (US).

Words near chemo- in the dictionary

  1. chemmies
  2. chemmy
  3. Chemnitz
  4. chemo
  5. chemo brain
  6. chemo-
  7. chemoablated
  8. chemoablation
  9. chemoactivation
  10. chemoactivations
  11. chemoadjuvant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chemo- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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