chemosensitivity

chemosensitivity
che·mo·sen·si·tiv·i·ty -.sen(t)-sə-'tiv-ət-ē n, pl -ties 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 -'sen(t)-sət-iv, -'sen(t)-stiv adj

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