chemo

/หˆkiหmษ™สŠ/

IPA: /K IY1 M OW0/

noun
  1. 1

    Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.

  2. 2

    (most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chemo, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chemotherapy