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chemoreduction

chemoreduction noun: chemotherapy used to reduce the size of a tumour before radiation treatment or surgery.

Noun

chemoreduction (plural chemoreductions)

  1. chemotherapy used to reduce the size of a tumour before radiation treatment or surgery

Forms of chemoreduction

pluralchemoreductions

Origin of chemoreduction

From chemo- + reduction.

Questions about chemoreduction

What does chemoreduction mean?
Chemoreduction means chemotherapy used to reduce the size of a tumour before radiation treatment or surgery.
What part of speech is chemoreduction?
Chemoreduction is a noun.
What is the plural of chemoreduction?
The plural of chemoreduction is chemoreductions.

Words near chemoreduction in the dictionary

  1. chemoreceptivity
  2. chemoreceptor
  3. chemoreceptor trigger zone
  4. chemoreceptorial
  5. chemoreceptors
  6. chemoreduction
  7. chemoreductions
  8. chemoreflex
  9. chemoreflexes
  10. chemorefractive
  11. chemorefractory

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