organotherapeuticadj.
/ɔːˌɡanə(ʊ)θɛrəˈpjuːtɪk/, /ˌɔːɡənə(ʊ)θɛrəˈpjuːtɪk/, /ˌɔːɡn̩əʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌɔrɡənoʊˌθɛrəˈpjudɪk/, /ɔrˌɡænoʊˌθɛrəˈpjudɪk/ Medicine. Now historical.
Used or active in organotherapy; of or relating to organotherapy.
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organotherapeutic1905
organotherapic1908
1905 Lancet 19 Aug. 554/2 Tests whereby organo-therapeutic substances might be recognized.
1928 F. W. Broderick Dental Med. xi. 223 There may exist..certain definitely recognisable conditions in which appropriate organotherapeutic and other measures will be extremely useful.
1934 Q. Cumulative Index Med. 15 934/2 Action of certain organotherapeutic preparations on coronary vessels of isolated heart of animals and of man.
2001 Jrnl. Urol. 165 371 In 1935 David et al. isolated the critical ingredient in organotherapeutic treatments, testosterone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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