form of medical treatment in which a patient receives medicinal supplements to replace missing or deficient hormones (commonly used to treat women during and after menopause)
HRT is given to women and involves taking the hormone oestrogen, usually in order to control the symptoms of the menopause. HRT is an abbreviation for `hormone replacement therapy'. hormone replacement therapy. hormone replacement therapy treatment for women during and after the menopause, in which they are given hormones to replace those which are lacking