oestrogen replacement therapy
(US estrogen replacement therapy) Medicine
noun
Treatment with oestrogens in (chiefly menopausal) women who lack the normal ovarian source of these hormones; specifically treatment with an oestrogen without a progestagen.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Annals of Internal Medicine.
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