Dictionary![]() ![]() che•moPronunciation: (kē'mō, kem'ō), [key] —n., —pl. -mos. Informal. chemotherapy or a chemotherapy treatment. chemo-a 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-. Also, esp. before a vowel,chem-. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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