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Nov 30, 2009
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che•mo•ther•a•py



Pronunciation: (kē"mō-ther'u-pē, kem"ō-), [key]
—n. Med.
the treatment of disease by means of chemicals that have a specific toxic effect upon the disease-producing microorganisms or that selectively destroy cancerous tissue. Cf. pharmacotherapy.

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