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.))

 Context examples 

Also called hormone replacement therapy and HRT.

(Menopausal hormone therapy, NCI Dictionary)

Also called hormone replacement therapy and menopausal hormone therapy.

(HRT, NCI Dictionary)

Some women take hormone replacement therapy (HRT), also called menopausal hormone therapy, to relieve these symptoms.

(Hormone Replacement Therapy, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Other risks include being overweight, using hormone replacement therapy (also called menopausal hormone therapy), taking birth control pills, drinking alcohol, not having children or having your first child after age 35 or having dense breasts.

(Breast Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)