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physiotherapy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun physiotherapy has 1 sense
- physiotherapy(n = noun.act) physiatrics, physical therapy - therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities; Array is a kind of therapy
has parts: modality
has particulars: rehabilitation
Derived forms adjective physiotherapeutic1, noun physiotherapist1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
physiotherapy, n. the treatment of disease, injury, deformity, etc., by physical methods including manipulation, massage, infrared heat treatment, remedial exercise, etc., not by drugs.
Derivative
physiotherapist n.
THESAURUS
physiotherapy
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