Meaning | therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities. |
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Synonyms | physiotherapy, physiatrics |
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Parts | modality | A method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment |
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Narrower | rehabilitation | The treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises |
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Broader | therapy | (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) |
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Spanish | fisioterapia, rehabilitación, terapia física |
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Catalan | fisioteràpia |
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Nouns | physical therapist | therapist who treats injury or dysfunction with exercises and other physical treatments of the disorder |
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