Term: hormone replacement therapy: hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis
Broader: therapy: (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) | Unrelated: sway: controlling influence
Broader: therapy: (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) | Unrelated: pocket-handkerchief: a handkerchief that is carried in a pocket
Broader: therapy: (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) | Unrelated: valence electron: an electron in the outer shell of an atom which can combine with other atoms to form molecules
Broader: therapy: (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) | Unrelated: side: a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
Broader: therapy: (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) | Unrelated: biscutella: genus of Eurasian herbs and small shrubs: buckler mustard
Broader: therapy: (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) | Unrelated: amaryllis: bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers
Broader: therapy: (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) | Unrelated: bauhinia: mountain ebony, orchid tree
Broader: therapy: (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) | Unrelated: urinal: a plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by men to urinate
Broader: therapy: (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) | Unrelated: trichina: parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles
Broader: therapy: (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) | Unrelated: extenuation: a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances