HRT

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A form of hormone replacement therapy — Any of several medical regimens that introduce sex hormones to the body to replace lost or unavailable ones.

Less commonScrabble 6

Meanings

nounHRT (countable and uncountable, plural HRTs)

plural HRTs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of hormone replacement therapy.

    Just this week I read a news report that HRT “should not be prescribed to ease symptoms of anxiety and depression in menopausal women”, according to “landmark new guidelines”, with experts saying “there was little evidence that HRT helped to improve low mood, anxiety and mood swings”.

    2023 November 5, Emma Beddington, “I could have sworn HRT had cured my brain fog and rage. Then I read that it hadn’t”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehuman sciencesInitialism of high rising terminal, a type of speech that rises in pitch at the end (sounding like a question).
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of hostage rescue team.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of half-rectangle triangle.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of habit reversal training.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounhormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

French THS, HTS
  • THShormone replacement therapy
  • HTShormone replacement therapy
Polish HRT
  • HRThormone replacement therapy
Portuguese TH, TRH
  • THhormone replacement therapy
  • TRHhormone replacement therapy
Spanish TRH
  • TRHhormone replacement therapy

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APA

HRT. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HRT

MLA

“HRT.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HRT. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “HRT,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HRT.

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