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Definition: Physiotherapy |
PhysiotherapyNoun1. Therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Medicine | The branch of physical medicine that makes use of physical and other effective properties of light, heat, cold water, electricity. . . and kinesitherapy. . Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: PhysiotherapySynonyms: physiatrics (n), physical therapy (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Physiotherapy |
| English words defined with "physiotherapy": manipulate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "physiotherapy": CHIROPRACTOR ASSISTANT ♦ DOCTOR, NATUROPATHIC ♦ PHYSIATRIST, physical medicine specialis. (references) |
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 | U.S. Army, Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, CO. : Physiotherapy Department personnel.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Physiotherapy treatment. Herrin Hospital (private). Herrin, Illinois.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Red Cross nurse giving physiotherapy to soldier in Walter Reed Hospital.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Health | Treatment for the variety of effects of SB may include surgery, medication, and physiotherapy. (references) | |
Physiotherapy can help patients cope with disability associated with gait problems, and physical aids, such as walkers and wheelchairs, can assist the patient with everyday activities. (references) | ||
Occupational therapy (in which therapists help children develop skills needed for performing self-directed activities occupations such as dressing, feeding, and practicing arts and crafts), physiotherapy, and hydrotherapy may prolong mobility. (references) | ||
Business | According to The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, physiotherapy is the fourth largest health care profession in the United Kingdom. (references) | |
HAD caretakers are responsible for hospital duties such as lab exams, ergotherapy, physiotherapy, x-rays, as well as the distribution of medicine and the rental of all necessary equipment. (references) | ||
U.K. demand for home health care and rehabilitation equipment has also been influenced by the number of people in long-term care accommodation and the rise in the number of new occupational and physiotherapy clients. (references) | ||
Economic History | Netherlands | Examples include equipment for diagnostic imaging, physiotherapy, radiotherapy, cardiovascular products such as pacemakers and angiography catheters and apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment. (references) |
Bahrain | The hospital will house a complete physiotherapy department, two operation theaters, two delivery suites, two intensive care units, two 24-hour emergency departments-one for trauma and the other for light emergencies-and an ambulance service. (references) | |
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| "Physiotherapy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.47% of the time. "Physiotherapy" is used about 187 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.47% | 186 | 22,556 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.53% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 187 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "physiotherapy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fizioterapi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مداواة الطبيعية, المعالجة الطبية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 物理疗法. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | fyzioterapie, fyzikální léèba. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sygegymnastik (cinesitherapy, kinesiatrics, kinesitherapy, movement-cure, physical therapy), fysioterapi og rehabilitering (physical therapy), fysioterapi (physical therapy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | heilgymnastiek (cinesitherapy, kinesiatrics, kinesitherapy, movement-cure, physical therapy, remedial exercises). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | kuraca gimnastiko. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تن درمانی(physicaltherapy=). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lääkintävoimistelu, fysikaalinen hoito. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | physiothérapie (physico-therapy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Physiotherapie (physical therapy), Krankengymnastik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φυσιοθεραπεία (physical therapy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פיסיותרפיה. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fizikoterápia (physical therapy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fisioterapia (physical therapy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 物療 (physical treatment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぶつりょう (amount of material resources, physical treatment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lheeys neughruggagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ysiotherapyphay fisioterapia (physique), fisiologia (physiology). (various references) fizioterapie (physical therapy). (various references) физитерапия, физиотерапия (physical therapy). (various references) fizioterapija. (various references) fisioterapia (physical therapy, physio). (various references) fysioterapi. (various references) fizyoterapi, fizik tedavi. (various references) фізіотерапія. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Physiotherapy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: physiotherpy, Phytotherapie. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-h-i-o-p-p-r-s-t-y-y" | |
-3 letters: hyperopias, saprophyte. | |
-4 letters: atrophies, hyperopia, phosphate, phosphite. | |
-5 letters: aphorise, aphorist, apposite, asperity, epitaphs, happiest, hoariest, hoppiest, hysteria, papistry, periapts, phorates, prophase, prophesy, prophets, sapphire, trappose, triphase, trophies. | |
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