Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hormone replacement therapy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.66 in modern English

Syllables: hor-mone re-place-men-t ther-a-py
IPA

44

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

7

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several medical regimens that introduce sex hormones to the body to replace lost or unavailable ones.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Trans women often undergo hormone replacement therapy using estrogens and antiandrogens."
"Elderly women can use estrogenic hormone replacement therapy to alleviate postmenopausal symptoms."
"The text recounts a 2011 experiment: Researchers tested 136 healthy young men’s testosterone levels, asked them about their political party affiliations, then gave them either a placebo or ten grams of AndroGel one percent, a high-end dose of a common form of testosterone often used in hormone replacement therapies."

Usage

Inflected Forms

hormone replacement therapies (plural)

Phrases

bio-identical hormone replacement therapy

Synonyms

HRT hormone therapy hormone-replacement therapy

Questions

What does hormone replacement therapy mean?: Any of several medical regimens that introduce sex hormones to the body to replace lost or unavailable ones.

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