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physiotherapy

[ fiz-ee-oh-ther-uh-pee ]

physiotherapy

/ ˌɪɪəʊˈθɛəɪ /

noun

  1. the therapeutic use of physical agents or means, such as massage, exercises, etc Also calledphysical therapyinformalphysio USphysiatrics
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈٳ辱, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • i··ٳa·辱 noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of physiotherapy1

First recorded in 1900–05; physio- + therapy
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Example Sentences

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She said her "breasts were basically down to my bellybutton" before surgery, leading to backache and the need for physiotherapy, she said.

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He jokingly shows the wheelchair scuffs on the skirting boards around his home, with physiotherapy currently taking up much of his day.

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Abed El Hamed Qaradaya is the physiotherapy activity manager at Doctors Without Borders’ hospital-based clinic in Gaza, where he's worked for 17 years, facing other very serious crisis situations.

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"The Holy Father still requires hospital medical therapy, motor and respiratory physiotherapy; these therapies, at present, are showing further, gradual improvements," it said in a statement on Saturday.

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Now, with the help of physiotherapy, she hoped to have improved use of her hand.

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