hormone-replacement therapy
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- noun
- /ˈhɔrmoʊn rɪˈpleɪsmənt ˈθɛrəpi/
- Specialized
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terapia de reemplazo hormonal
- After discussing the risks and benefits, she decided to start hormone-replacement therapy for her menopause symptoms.
- hormone-replacement therapy (HRT)
- hormone-replacement therapy for menopause
- take hormone-replacement therapy
It is, to this day, the largest clinical trial investigating hormone replacement therapy for prevention or cardiovascular disease and dementia.
- It is, to this day, the largest clinical trial investigating hormone replacement therapy for prevention or cardiovascular disease and dementia.
Examples
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Maybe some of this hormone replacement therapy might help you.
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You know, I, I am very keen to say that all I try and do with hormone replacement therapy is to just say the facts.
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So the one surprising thing that people have to understand is that hormone replacement therapy does not help with the weight gain part.
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You know, his, he had really low testosterone and, and, you know, and he's been on hormone replacement therapy and I, you know, I guess a lot of guys are.
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It is, to this day, the largest clinical trial investigating hormone replacement therapy for prevention or cardiovascular disease and dementia.
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Many postmenopausal women consider hormone-replacement therapy to alleviate their menopausal symptoms.
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The doctor recommended hormone-replacement therapy to help prevent osteoporosis in women after menopause.
Synonyms
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A medical treatment that gives chemicals made by the body to women after menopause to reduce symptoms and bone loss
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Use of hormones to reduce menopause symptoms and lower health risks in women after menopause
How Strong
- Specialized
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4.8
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
hormone-replacement + therapy
The meaning 'therapy that replaces hormones' is directly and transparently built from the constituents 'hormone' + 'replacement' + 'therapy' — a straightforward noun phrase meaning treatment to replace hormones. This compositional pattern is common and has direct equivalents in many languages (e.g., Spanish 'terapia de reemplazo hormonal'), so a B1 learner who knows the parts should be able to infer the overall meaning.
Etymology
The term hormone-replacement therapy comes from the simple image of putting back what the body has lost: doctors give the missing hormone as a replacement to help the body work as before. So, it means 'a treatment' where doctors give hormones to ease menopause symptoms and protect health.