Meanings
nounchemo (countable and uncountable, plural chemos)
plural chemos
- abbreviationclippingcountableinformaluncountableClipping of chemotherapy.
I couldn’t control my bowels. “You just need to recover from chemo,” I was told.
2026 June 16, Lily Majteles, “My First Orgasm Cost $10,812”, in The Cut
verbchemo (third-person singular simple present chemos, present participle chemoing, simple past and past participle chemoed)
present singular third person chemos · participle present chemoing · participle past chemoed · past chemoed
- informaltransitiveTo treat with chemotherapy.
We chemoed the tumor in the leg down by 92 percent, and the fourteen in her lungs vanished.
2015, Charley Fish, Insuring Death
Translations
German Chemo
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APA
chemo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chemo
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“chemo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chemo. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chemo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chemo.
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