biotherapy

biotherapy

English

Etymology

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.

Derived terms

• biotherapist

Translations

any of several unrelated therapies that use natural biological processes

Chinese: Mandarin: 生物治療, 生物治疗 (shēngwù zhìliáo) Finnish: bioterapia

French: biothérapie (fr) f Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: bioterapia f

the use of living organisms in the control of disease

Chinese: Mandarin: 生物治療, 生物治疗 (shēngwù zhìliáo) Finnish: bioterapia

French: biothérapie (fr) f Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: bioterapia f