PHYSIOTHERAPIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does physiotherapist mean? 

• PHYSIOTHERAPIST (noun)
  The noun PHYSIOTHERAPIST has 1 sense:

1. therapist who treats injury or dysfunction with exercises and other physical treatments of the disorder

  Familiarity information: PHYSIOTHERAPIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYSIOTHERAPIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Therapist who treats injury or dysfunction with exercises and other physical treatments of the disorder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

physical therapist; physiotherapist

Hypernyms ("physiotherapist" is a kind of...):

healer; therapist (a person skilled in a particular type of therapy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "physiotherapist"):

massager (someone who rubs or kneads parts of the body to stimulate circulation and promote relaxation)

Derivation:

physiotherapy (therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities)