OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does occupational therapy mean? 

• OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY (noun)
  The noun OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY has 1 sense:

1. therapy based on engagement in meaningful activities of daily life, especially to enable or encourage participation in such activities in spite of impairments or limitations in physical or mental functions

  Familiarity information: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Therapy based on engagement in meaningful activities of daily life, especially to enable or encourage participation in such activities in spite of impairments or limitations in physical or mental functions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("occupational therapy" is a kind of...):

therapy ((medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.))

 Context examples 

The staff provides medical care, as well as physical, speech and occupational therapy.

(Nursing Homes, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

Physical and occupational therapy may also help.

(Multiple Sclerosis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

If needed, physical, speech, language, and occupational therapy may also help.

(Klinefelter's Syndrome, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

Some people may need physical, speech, and occupational therapy once the illness is under control.

(Encephalitis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Treatments include physical, speech, and occupational therapy.

(Developmental Disabilities, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

Physical therapy, occupational therapy, braces and other devices and sometimes surgery can help.

(Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)