chemopreventive

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Hellenic *-mə

Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)

Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)

Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor.

Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor.

Medieval Latin alchēmia

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Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ.

New Latin chēmīader.

English chemo-

English preventive

English chemopreventive

From chemo- + preventive.

Adjective

chemopreventive (comparative more chemopreventive, superlative most chemopreventive)

1. Of, or relating to chemoprevention.

Derived terms

• photochemopreventive

Noun

chemopreventive (plural chemopreventives)

1. A food supplement, etc. used for chemoprevention.