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chemoprevent

chemoprevent verb: to prevent disease by means of chemical treatment.

Verb

chemoprevent (third-person singular simple present chemoprevents, present participle chemopreventing, simple past and past participle chemoprevented)

  1. To prevent disease by means of chemical treatment.

Forms of chemoprevent

third-person singular presentchemoprevents
present participlechemopreventing
past participlechemoprevented
pastchemoprevented

Origin of chemoprevent

From chemo- + prevent.

Questions about chemoprevent

What does chemoprevent mean?
Chemoprevent means to prevent disease by means of chemical treatment.
What part of speech is chemoprevent?
Chemoprevent is a verb.
What is the past tense of chemoprevent?
The past tense of chemoprevent is chemoprevented.

Words near chemoprevent in the dictionary

  1. chemophrophylaxis
  2. chemophysical
  3. chemopotentiating
  4. chemopotentiation
  5. chemopreservation
  6. chemoprevent
  7. chemopreventable
  8. chemopreventative
  9. chemoprevented
  10. chemopreventing
  11. chemoprevention

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