replacement therapy
Medical substitution regimen
Replacement therapy is medical treatment that supplies substances the body cannot produce adequately on its own.
Hormone replacement therapy addresses menopause symptoms or thyroid deficiency.
Enzyme replacement therapy treats genetic disorders.
Nicotine replacement therapy—patches, gums, lozenges—helps smokers quit by providing controlled doses without cigarettes: She started replacement therapy after her diagnosis.
- hormoneBody's chemical messenger
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
- estrogen levelsAmount of female hormone present
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
- insulinPancreatic glucose-regulating hormone
low testosterone · thyroid · HRT · menopause · hot flashes · deficiency · supplement · infusion · blood transfusion · dialysis · kidney dialysis · transplant · substitution · treatment · clinical · dose · patch · nicotine patch
- hydrationhydrated, water, drinking water, dehydrated, thirsty
- quittingquit, resign, resignation, stop, end
- electrolytessodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, chloride
replacement therapygene therapy
Medical DNA modification treatment
stem cell therapy · surgical correction · immunotherapy · targeted therapy
replacement therapyablation
Removal by cutting, melting
excision · removal · extraction · debulking
replace, replacement, replacements, replaceable, irreplaceable, replacing, replaced, replacer, place