2007-11-13 16:57:38 · 10 answers · asked by Ross S 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Chemo means having to do with chemicals. It is usually a prefix on a bigger word like chemotherapy. The word it originates from is "alchemy" - which I believe comes from German.
People have chemoreceptors in their bodies that pick up chemical messengers. Taste buds are chemoreceptors.
Chemotherapy is chemical therapy to treat disease.
2007-11-13 17:26:26 · answer #1 · answered by katykangaroo8 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What Does Chemo Mean
2016-10-30 03:31:36 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short term for chemotherapy. Treatment given some cancer patients and other patients that would benefit. Chemo uses various chemicals to attack the cancerous cells in the body.
2007-11-13 18:21:56 · answer #3 · answered by peachiepie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chemo is typically short for Chemotherapy, a drug treatment for cancer.
The chem- prefix means it relates to chemicals. So chemotherapy is therapy using drugs, chemistry is the study of chemicals and elements and what not, etc
2007-11-13 17:00:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-16 21:11:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chemo is short for Chemotherapy which is a treatment for cancer
2007-11-13 17:06:09 · answer #6 · answered by Princess Me 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chemo is slang for Chemical Therapy.
2007-11-13 17:00:17 · answer #7 · answered by Titzen_Ash_23 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Chemo, basically, is 'chemical', derived from English! (eg., 'chemotherapy' for cancerous conditions)
2007-11-13 17:08:22 · answer #8 · answered by swanjarvi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-08 22:58:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
chemotherapy.. when you have cancer.
2007-11-13 17:00:21 · answer #10 · answered by Well i Say.. 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋