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organotherapy

(ôr′gə nō t̸her′ə pē; ôr gan′ō-)

noun

the treatment of disease with extracts of animal organs, as of the glands of internal secretion

Origin: organo- + therapy

See organotherapy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. or·gan·o·ther·a·pies

Treatment of disease with animal endocrine organs or extracts such as insulin and thyroxin.

Related Forms:

orˌgan·o·therˌa·peuˈtic (-thĕrˌə-pyo͞oˈtĭk) adjective

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