hormone therapy

A medical intervention in which hormones are used as a course of treatment for a particular illness. My grandmother is now undergoing hormone therapy for her cancer—I sure hope it works.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Shaye	SHAY	English (Rare)
Pierre	[pi(:)'ɛə]
Raibeart	-	Scottish
Leonius	-	Late Roman
Nachum	-	Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew
Nevan	NEV-an	Irish