Meaning of hormone replacement therapy | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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“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.”

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