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Where does “nonchemotherapy” come from?

nonchemotherapy (English) comes from English chemotherapy, from English therapy, from New Latin therapīa, from Ancient Greek θεραπεία, from Ancient Greek θεραπεύω, from Ancient Greek -εύω, from Ancient Greek -εύς — Added to noun or adjective stems to form a...

nonchemotherapy (English): Not having or pertaining to chemotherapy

Definitions

  1. Not having or pertaining to chemotherapy

Ancestry of “nonchemotherapy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchemotherapyAny chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic...
2EnglishtherapyAttempted remediation of a health problem...
3New Latintherapīa—
4Ancient Greekθεραπείαa waiting on service; medical treatment
5Ancient Greekθεραπεύωto wait on, attend, serve; to obey; to flatter,...
6Ancient Greek-εύωAdded to the stems of agent or other nouns in...
7Ancient Greek-εύςAdded to noun or adjective stems to form a...
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