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HORMONE-REPLACEMENT THERAPY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hormone-replacement therapy mean?
• HORMONE-REPLACEMENT THERAPY (noun)
The noun HORMONE-REPLACEMENT THERAPY has 1 sense:
1. hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis
Familiarity information: HORMONE-REPLACEMENT THERAPY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HORMONE-REPLACEMENT THERAPY (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
hormone-replacement therapy; hormone replacement therapy; HRT
Hypernyms ("hormone-replacement therapy" is a kind of...):
therapy ((medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.))
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