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
Claretta	-	Italian
GeneviÈVe	zhe-nə-VYEV, zhawn-VYEV	French
Heli (2)	HE-lee	Finnish
Grazia	GRAHT-syah	Italian
JosÈPhe	-	French
Yente	-	Yiddish