PHYSIOTHERAPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does physiotherapy mean? 

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

1. therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYSIOTHERAPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

physiatrics; physical therapy; physiotherapy

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "physiotherapy"):

modality (a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment)

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

rehabilitation (the treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises)

Derivation:

physiotherapeutic (of or relating to or used in physical therapy)

physiotherapist (therapist who treats injury or dysfunction with exercises and other physical treatments of the disorder)

 Context examples 

It is often used in physiotherapy and rehabilitation settings.

(Inferential Current Treatment, NCI Thesaurus)

Conservative procedures such as reduction of a luxated joint, including physiotherapy such as chiropractic treatment, massage, balneotherapy, acupuncture, shiatsu.

(Defined Procedure, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

EXAMPLE(S): Procedures may involve the disruption of some body surface (e.g. an incision in a surgical procedure) conservative procedures such as reduction of a luxated joint, including physiotherapy such as chiropractic treatment, massage, balneotherapy, acupuncture, shiatsu, counseling, etc.

(Performed Procedure, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)