organotherapy

[ awr-guh-noh-ther-uh-pee, awr-gan-oh- ]

noun
  1. the branch of therapeutics that deals with the use of remedies prepared from the organs of animals, as from the thyroid gland, the pancreas, or the suprarenal bodies.

Origin of organotherapy

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; organo- + therapy

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British Dictionary definitions for organotherapy

organotherapy

/ (ˌɔːɡənəʊˈθɛrəpɪ) /


noun
  1. the treatment of disease with extracts of animal endocrine glands

Derived forms of organotherapy

  • organotherapeutic (ˌɔːɡənəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk), adjective

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