che|mo|ther|a|py

che|mo|ther|a|py
che|mo|ther|a|py «KEE moh THEHR uh pee, KEHM oh-», noun.
the treatment of disease and infection by means of chemicals that have a specific toxic effect on the disease, for example the treatment of cancer with chemicals or of bacterial infections with antibiotics.

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