| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Hormone therapy | In medicine, hormone therapy is the use of hormones in medical treatment and covers various types of hormones including growth hormones and sex hormones. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Hormone therapy | Health | Treatment of cancer by removing, blocking, or adding hormones. Also called endocrine therapy. (references) | |
| Menopausal hormone therapy | Religion | Hormones (estrogen, progesterone, or both) given to women after menopause to replace the hormones no longer produced by the ovaries. Also called hormone replacement therapy or HRT. (references) | |
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