| hormone-replacement therapy | |
noun | |
| hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis [syn: hormone replacement therapy] |
hormone-replacement therapy n.
The therapeutic administration of estrogen and perhaps other hormones to postmenopausal women to reduce the occurrance of hot flashes and to prevent osteoporosis and coronary disease.