Medical Dictionary

chemosensitivity

noun che·mo·sen·si·tiv·i·ty \-ˌsen(t)-sə-ˈtiv-ət-ē\
plural che·mo·sen·si·tiv·i·ties

Medical Definition of CHEMOSENSITIVITY

:  susceptibility (as of a disease-causing bacterium or a cancer cell) to the action of a chemical agent (as a therapeutic drug)
che·mo·sen·si·tive \-ˈsen(t)-sət-iv, -ˈsen(t)-stiv\ adjective
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