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Vinony

biotherapy

noun

  1. treatment of diseases with biological materials or biological response modifiers
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English therapy English biotherapy From bio- + therapy.

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