Meanings
plural HRTs
- 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
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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Cite this entry
HRT. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HRT
“HRT.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HRT. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “HRT,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HRT.
Source: HRT on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.