Synonyms & related words for chemotherapy

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of chemotherapy. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to chemotherapy

Explore words related to chemotherapy — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include chemo, chemotherapeutic, radiotherapy, chemotherapist, actinotherapy, mercaptopurine, immunotherapy, anticancer. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does chemotherapy come from?

The word chemotherapy breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: chemo-, from Greek khemeia (“chemistry”); and -therapy, from Greek therapeia (“healing”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.