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Noun: hormone replacement therapy
  1. Hormones (oestrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis
    "Many women consider hormone replacement therapy during menopause";
    - hormone-replacement therapy, HRT

Derived forms: hormone-replacement therapies, hormone replacement therapies

Type of: therapy, treatment

Encyclopedia: Hormone replacement therapy