hormone replacement therapy

noun

: the therapeutic use of hormones typically to increase diminished levels in the body : hormone therapy

The usual treatment for hypothyroidism is hormone replacement therapy.

—Kate Murphy

especially : the administration of estrogen often along with a synthetic progestin especially to ameliorate the symptoms of menopause and reduce the risk of postmenopausal osteoporosis

—abbreviation HRT

Examples of hormone replacement therapy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Postmenopausal women who have used hormone replacement therapy may be biologically younger than their counterparts who have never used this treatment, a new study suggests. —Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 5 Sep. 2024

This is primarily the reason that women who use hormone replacement therapy have a longer life expectancy than women who do not. —Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024

In the case of minors, all aspects of gender-affirming care, from puberty blockers to hormone replacement therapy, are done only with parental consent, Weeden said. —Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024

Planned Parenthood, a member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), offers gender-affirming medical care at its branches across the United States, including mental health care and access to hormone replacement therapy on an informed consent basis. —Samantha Riedel, Them, 9 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

hormone replacement therapy

noun

: the therapeutic use of hormones typically to increase diminished levels in the body : hormone therapy

The usual treatment for hypothyroidism is hormone replacement therapy.

—Kate Murphy

especially : the administration of estrogen often along with a synthetic progestin especially to ameliorate the symptoms of menopause and reduce the risk of postmenopausal osteoporosis

—abbreviation HRT