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Therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage, ultrasound, heat, and exercise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: physical therapy, physiatrics
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: therapy
Narrower terms: rehabilitation
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bhuHyéti Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek φῠ́σῐς (phŭ́sĭs) English physio- Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.? Ancient Greek θερᾰ́πων (therắpōn) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek θεραπεύω (therapeúō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía)bor. New Latin therapīabor. English therapy English physiotherapy From physio- + therapy.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
عِلَاج طَبِيعِيّ
(ʕilāj ṭabīʕiyy)
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Catalan:
fisioteràpia
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Chinese Mandarin:
物理療法 /物理疗法
(wùlǐ liáofǎ)
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Chinese Mandarin:
物理治療 /物理治疗
(wùlǐ zhìliáo)
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Czech:
fyzioterapie
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Dutch:
fysiotherapie
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Dutch:
kinesitherapie
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Esperanto:
fizioterapio
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Esperanto:
kinezoterapio
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Esperanto:
fizikoterapio
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Finnish:
fysioterapia
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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French:
kinésithérapie
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Friulian:
fisioterapie
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Georgian:
ფიზიოთერაპია
(pizioteraṗia)
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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German:
Physiotherapie
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Hindi:
भौतिक चिकित्सा
(bhautik cikitsā)
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Hungarian:
fizioterápia
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Hungarian:
gyógytorna
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Icelandic:
sjúkraþjálfun
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Ido:
fizioterapio
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Indonesian:
fisioterapi
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Irish:
fisiteiripe
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Italian:
fisioterapia
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Japanese:
理学療法
(rigaku ryōhō)
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Korean:
물리치료
(mullichiryo)
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Macedonian:
физиотерапија
(fizioterapija)
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Portuguese:
fisioterapia
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Russian:
физиотерапи́я
(fizioterapíja)
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Slovak:
fyzioterapia
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Spanish:
terapia física
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Spanish:
rehabilitación
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Spanish:
recapazitación
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Swahili:
tibamaungo
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Swedish:
sjukgymnastik
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Thai:
กายภาพบําบัด
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Turkish:
fizyoterapi
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Turkish:
fizik tedavi
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise
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Welsh:
ffisiotherapi
— therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise