enzyme replacement therapy

enzyme replacement therapy

n.

The administration of usually synthetic enzymes to limit or control the effects of a disease involving a specific enzyme deficiency, especially the use of pancreatic enzymes in the treatment of cystic fibrosis or other disorders of the pancreas, or the replacement of any of various enzymes implicated in disorders of lysosome storage.

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