Meanings
- not comparablemedicineOf or having to do with chemotherapy.
But for a vast majority of cancers, more intensive regimens of standard chemotherapeutic drugs did not necessarily mean more survival.
2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 232
plural chemotherapeutics
- medicineA chemical agent used in chemotherapy
Several novel chemotherapeutics that target specific signaling pathways are now available as anti-cancer agents including EGFR inhibitors and rapamycin.
2005, Michael G. Goggins, “The Molecular Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer”, in Von Hoff et al., editors, Pancreatic Cancer, →ISBN, page 260
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to chemotherapy
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
- Ancient Greekχῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
- Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)
- Arabicالْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)
- Medieval Latinalchēmia
- Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ.
- New Latinchēmīa
- Englishchemo-
- Proto-Indo-European*treb-der.?
- Ancient Greekθερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
- Ancient Greekθεραπεύω (therapeúō)
- Ancient Greekθερᾰπευτής (therăpeutḗs)
- Ancient Greekθεραπευτικός (therapeutikós)
- New Latintherapeuticus
- Middle Englishterapeucia
- Englishtherapeutic
- Englishchemotherapeutic
From chemo- + therapeutic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan quimioterapèutic, quimioterapèutica
- quimioterapèuticof or having to do with chemotherapy
- quimioterapèuticaof or having to do with chemotherapy
Czech chemoterapeutický, chemoterapeutikum
- chemoterapeutickýof or having to do with chemotherapy
- chemoterapeutikumchemical agent
French chimiothérapeutique
- chimiothérapeutiqueof or having to do with chemotherapy
German chemotherapeutisch, Chemotherapeutikum
- chemotherapeutischof or having to do with chemotherapy
- Chemotherapeutikumchemical agent
Hungarian kemoterapeutikus, kemoterápiás
- kemoterapeutikusof or having to do with chemotherapy
- kemoterápiásof or having to do with chemotherapy
- kemoterapeutikumchemical agent
Italian chemioterapeutico, chemioterapeutica
- chemioterapeuticoof or having to do with chemotherapy
- chemioterapeuticaof or having to do with chemotherapy
- chemioterapicoof or having to do with chemotherapy
- chemioterapicochemical agent
Polish chemioterapeutyczny, środek chemioterapeutyczny
- chemioterapeutycznyof or having to do with chemotherapy
- środek chemioterapeutycznychemical agent
Portuguese quimioterapêutico, quimioterapêutica
- quimioterapêuticoof or having to do with chemotherapy
- quimioterapêuticaof or having to do with chemotherapy
Spanish quimioterapéutico, quimioterápico
- quimioterapéuticoof or having to do with chemotherapy
- quimioterápicochemical agent
Cite this entry
chemotherapeutic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chemotherapeutic
“chemotherapeutic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chemotherapeutic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chemotherapeutic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chemotherapeutic.
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