organotherapy

noun

1. the branch of therapeutics that deals with the use of remedies prepared from the organs of animals, as from the thyroid gland, the pancreas, or the suprarenal bodies.

noun

1. the treatment of disease with extracts of animal endocrine glands

n.

1. The treatment of disease with preparations derived from animal endocrine organs or glandular extracts such as insulin and thyroxin.