Meanings
adjectivechemopreventive (comparative more chemopreventive, superlative most chemopreventive)
comparative more chemopreventive · superlative most chemopreventive
- Of, or relating to chemoprevention.
nounchemopreventive (plural chemopreventives)
plural chemopreventives
- A food supplement, etc. used for chemoprevention.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
- Ancient Greekχῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
- Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)
- Arabicالْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)
- Medieval Latinalchēmia
- Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ.
- New Latinchēmīa
- Englishchemo-
- Englishpreventive
- Englishchemopreventive
From chemo- + preventive.
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