Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
quimioterapia
English translation:
chemotherapy
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2009-06-29 08:54:21 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Spanish term
Accurate, natural and very hard-working
Native in: English 
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Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 3 more.
quimioterapia
Some say it's chemotherapy and others say it's quimiotherapy, which I think is the correct term, but I'm not too sure.
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Erik Bry
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Omar Lima Quintana
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Christine Walsh
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MarinaM
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Jun 25, 2009 23:26: Michele Fauble changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Jun 26, 2009 01:13: Henry Hinds changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Jun 26, 2009 06:30: Cinnamon Nolan changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Jun 29, 2009 15:26: Erik Bry changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/0">'s</a> old entry - "quimioterapia"" to ""chemotherapy""
PRO (1): Erik Bry
Non-PRO (3): Roxanna Delgado, Aoife Kennedy, Cinnamon Nolan
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Proposed translations
chemotherapy
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Lisa McCarthy
: As either you or Omar were first - can´t tell which!
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Yes Lisa I was first, thanks for the staying with norm...I laughed when I saw those people agreeing with the last answerer...I don't understand, it's never been that way before. Go figure??
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Michele Fauble
: yes, the use of chemical agents to treat disease
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Rita Tepper
: You posted first, maybe the agrees to my reply are due to my reference and level of confidence. I´ll remove my answer. You deserve the points.
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no worries...you are very kind!
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Mirtha Grotewold
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:)
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Henry Hinds
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that's the way we've always done it, thanks Henry
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Christine Walsh
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Patrice
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Beatriz Pérez
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Cinnamon Nolan
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Cecilia Gowar
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Dr. Andrew Frankland
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Richard McDorman
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Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, French to English, and 2 more.
Chemotherapy
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Lisa McCarthy
: As either you or Erik were first - can´t tell which!
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Thank you, Lisa. Erik is asking for pole position.
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Michele Fauble
: yes, the use of chemical agents to treat disease
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Thank you, Michele. No big deal at all.
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Alvaro Aliaga
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Gracias, brainfloss
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Christine Walsh
: I can't tell which either!
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Gracias, Chris. No problemo.
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Cecilia Gowar
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Thank you, cgowar
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chemotherapy
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Michele Fauble
: yes, the use of chemical agents to treat disease
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Thanks, Michele
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Omar Lima Quintana
: "quimio" y "chemo" es la cosa hoy.
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Gracias, Omar
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Cecilia Gowar
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Gracias, C.
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chemotherapy
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Michele Fauble
: yes, the use of chemical agents to treat disease
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Cecilia Gowar
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Discussion
http://www.etymonline.com
1576, from chemic "of alchemy" (a worn-down derivative of M.L. alchimicus) + -al suffix forming adjectives (see alchemy). Chemist (1562) was originally "alchemist;" in scientific sense 1626; in Britain, the preferred term for "dealer in medicinal drugs," first recorded in this sense 1802.
alchemy Look up alchemy at Dictionary.com
1362, from O.Fr. alkemie, from M.L. alkimia, from Arabic al-kimiya, from Gk. khemeioa (found c.300 C.E. in a decree of Diocletian against "the old writings of the Egyptians"), all meaning "alchemy." Perhaps from an old name for Egypt (Khemia, lit. "land of black earth," found in Plutarch), or from Gk. khymatos "that which is poured out," from khein "to pour," related to khymos "juice, sap." The word seems to have elements of both origins.
"Mahn ... concludes, after an elaborate investigation, that Gr. khymeia was probably the original, being first applied to pharmaceutical chemistry, which was chiefly concerned with juices or infusions of plants; that the pursuits of the Alexandrian alchemists were a subsequent development of chemical study, and that the notoriety of these may have caused the