organotherapeuticsn.
/ɔːˌɡanə(ʊ)θɛrəˈpjuːtɪks/, /ˌɔːɡənə(ʊ)θɛrəˈpjuːtɪks/, /ˌɔːɡn̩əʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪks/, U.S. /ˈˌɔrɡənoʊˌθɛrəˈpjudɪks/, /ɔrˌɡænoʊˌθɛrəˈpjudɪks/ Medicine. rare. disused.
= organotherapy n.
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organotherapy1896
opotherapy1897
organotherapeutics1899
thyrotherapy1907
1899 Science 22 Dec. 940/2 Subsequently, he [sc. Virchow] took a prominent part in the evening's debate on Organo-therapeutics.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 798/2 The success which has been achieved has led to the use of many other organs in a raw or compressed form, or as extracts, in other diseases... To this method of treatment the name of organo-therapeutics or opo-therapy has been given.
1936 Science 3 July 19/1 Research Laboratory in Organotherapeutics. Armour and Company.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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