- variant of chemo-
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chem-,
chem.,
- Chemistryvar. of chemo- before a vowel:chemosmosis.
chem.,
- Chemistrychemical.
- chemist.
- Chemistrychemistry.
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chem- combining form
che•mo
(kē′mō, kem′ō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mos. [Informal.]
chemo-,
- Medicine, Informal Termschemotherapy or a chemotherapy treatment.
- see -o by shortening
chemo-,
- Chemistrya combining form with the meanings "chemical,'' "chemically induced,'' "chemistry,'' used in the formation of compound words:chemotherapy.Also, esp. before elements of Latin origin, chemi-.
- chem-, extracted from chemical or chemistry + -o- or -i-
'chem-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
chem.
- chemo-
- I.Chem.E.
- A, a
- Ab
- abietate
- abietic acid
- abs
- ABS resin
- abundance
- AC
- accelerant
- accelerator
- acceptor
- accuracy
- acephate
- acetal
- acetaldehyde
- acetaldol
- acetamide
- acetanilide
- acetate
- acetic acid
- acetic anhydride
- acetic ether
- acetimeter
- acetin
- acetoacetic acid
- acetoin
- acetometer
- acetone
- acetonitrile
- acetophenone
- acetostearin
- acetyl
- acetylaniline
- acetylate
- acetylbenzene
- acetyl chloride
- acetylene
- acetylene series
- acetylformic acid
- acetyl group
- acetylide
- acetylmethylcarbinol
- achiral
- acid
- acid anhydride
- acid dye
- acidimeter