physiotherapy

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physiotherapy

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Etymology

From physio- +‎ therapy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfɪziəʊˈθerəpi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

physiotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural physiotherapies)

1. (British, Commonwealth, Ireland) Therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage, ultrasound, heat, and exercise.

Synonyms

• physical therapy (US)

Hyponyms

• remedial exercises
• therapeutic exercises

Derived terms

• neurophysiotherapy
• physical therapist
• physiotherapist

Translations

therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise

Arabic: عِلَاج طَبِيعِيّ (ʕilāj ṭabīʕiyy) Catalan: fisioteràpia (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 物理療法 / 物理疗法 (wùlǐ liáofǎ), 物理治療 / 物理治疗 (zh) (wùlǐ zhìliáo) Czech: fyzioterapie (cs) f Dutch: fysiotherapie (nl) f, kinesitherapie (nl) f Esperanto: fizioterapio, kinezoterapio, fizikoterapio Finnish: fysioterapia (fi) French: kinésithérapie (fr) f Friulian: fisioterapie f Georgian: ფიზიოთერაპია (pizioteraṗia) German: Physiotherapie (de) f Hindi: भौतिक चिकित्सा f (bhautik cikitsā) Hungarian: fizioterápia (hu), gyógytorna (hu) Icelandic: sjúkraþjálfun f Ido: fizioterapio (io) Indonesian: fisioterapi (id) Irish: fisiteiripe f Italian: fisioterapia (it) f Japanese: 理学療法 (りがくりょうほう, rigaku ryōhō) Korean: 물리치료(物理治療) (mullichiryo) Macedonian: физиотерапија f (fizioterapija) Portuguese: fisioterapia (pt) f Russian: физиотерапи́я (ru) f (fizioterapíja) Spanish: terapia física f, rehabilitación (es) f, recapazitación f Swahili: tibamaungo Swedish: sjukgymnastik (sv) Thai: กายภาพบำบัด (th) Turkish: fizyoterapi (tr), fizik tedavi (tr) Welsh: ffisiotherapi m