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SUBSTITUTION THERAPY

\sˌʌbstɪtjˈuːʃən θˈɛɹəpi], \sˌʌbstɪtjˈuːʃən θˈɛɹəpi], \s_ˌʌ_b_s_t_ɪ_t_j_ˈuː_ʃ_ə_n θ_ˈɛ_ɹ_ə_p_i]\

Definitions of SUBSTITUTION THERAPY

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.

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Opotherapy or organotherapy, administration of preparations made from organs, especially the endocrine, in order to relieve conditions believed to be caused by a deficiency of the internal secretion of those organs.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

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