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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

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

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Treatment of disease by extracts or other preparations made from various organs or glands of the sheep or other animals.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun medicine The therapeutic use of the endocrine organs (or glandular extracts) of animals

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organo- +‎ therapy

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