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replacement therapy

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

  • noun The administration of a natural or synthetic substance that compensates for a lack or deficiency caused by inadequate nutrition, certain organic dysfunctions, or loss, as from disease or surgery, of a body organ or tissue that normally produces the substance.

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