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