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menopausal hormone therapy  listen  (MEH-nuh-PAW-zul HOR-mone THAYR-uh-pee)

  Hormones (estrogen, progesterone, or both) given to women after menopause to replace the hormones no longer produced by the ovaries. Also called hormone replacement therapy and HRT.