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organotherapy

/awr-guh-noh-ther-uh-pee, awr-gan-oh-/US // ˌɔr gə noʊˈθɛr ə pi, ɔrˌgæn oʊ- //UK // (ˌɔːɡənəʊˈθɛrəpɪ) //

有机疗法,器官疗法,器官治疗,有机治疗

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.

Examples

  • In those days thyroid organotherapy was in full development, and this drew the attention of physicians to deficient children.

  • The chemical isolation of the hormones is, of course, of interest but may not be as vital to organotherapy as we have thought.

  • Organotherapy was as extensively practiced in China as in Egypt.