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CHEMOSURGERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chemosurgery mean?
• CHEMOSURGERY (noun)
The noun CHEMOSURGERY has 1 sense:
1. use of chemical to destroy diseased or malignant tissue; used in treatment of skin cancer
Familiarity information: CHEMOSURGERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Use of chemical to destroy diseased or malignant tissue; used in treatment of skin cancer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("chemosurgery" is a kind of...):
operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)
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