biotherapy

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ therapy.

Noun

biotherapy (plural biotherapies)

  1. (medicine) Any of several unrelated therapies that use natural biological processes, especially those that use parts of the immune system.
  2. (medicine) The use of living organisms (such as maggots or leeches) in the control of disease or the healing of wounds.

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