PHYSIOTHERAPY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

physiatrics; physical therapy; physiotherapy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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)