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chemotherapy (ke″mo-ther´ә-pe) the treatment of illness by chemical means (medication); the term was first applied to the treatment of infectious diseases, but it now is used primarily to refer to treatment of mental illness and cancer. adj., chemotherapeu´tic., adj.
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