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chemotherapy
noun(che-mo-ther-a-py)
the therapeutic use of chemical agents to treat disease; especially : the administration of one or more cytotoxic drugs to destroy or inhibit the growth and division of malignant cells in the treatment of cancer —called also chemo

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