# chemotherapy

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌkiːməʊˈθɛɹəpi/ · frequency rank #13,680

## Definitions
1. Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.
2. chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.

## Etymology
From chemo- + therapy.

## Common misspellings (19)
`cchemotherapy`, `cehmotherapy`, `chemmotherapy`, `chemohterapy`, `chemotehrapy`, `chemothearpy`, `chemotherappy`, `chemotherapyy`, `chemotherayp`, `chemotherpay`, `chemotherrapy`, `chemothherapy`, `chemothreapy`, `chemottherapy`, `chemtoherapy`, `cheomtherapy`, `chhemotherapy`, `chmeotherapy`, `hcemotherapy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/chemotherapy