organotherapy

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

noun

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

First recorded in 1895–1900; organo- + therapy

Words Nearby organotherapy

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How to use organotherapy in a sentence

In those days thyroid organotherapy was in full development, and this drew the attention of physicians to deficient children.
The Montessori Method | Maria Montessori
The chemical isolation of the hormones is, of course, of interest but may not be as vital to organotherapy as we have thought.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2 | Various
organotherapy was as extensively practiced in China as in Egypt.
The Evolution of Modern Medicine | William Osler

British Dictionary definitions for organotherapy

organotherapy

/ (ˌɔːɡənəʊˈθɛrəpɪ) /

noun

the treatment of disease with extracts of animal endocrine glands

Derived forms of organotherapy

organotherapeutic (ˌɔːɡənəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk), adjective

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