"physiotherapy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: physiotherapies [plural]
Etymology: physio- + therapy Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|physio|therapy}} physio- + therapy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} physiotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural physiotherapies)
  1. Therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage, ultrasound, heat, and exercise. Wikipedia link: physiotherapy Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: physical therapy Hyponyms: remedial exercise, therapeutic exercise Derived forms: physiotherapist, physical therapist Translations (therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise): fisioteràpia [feminine] (Catalan), 物理療法 (Chinese Mandarin), 物理疗法 (wùlǐ liáofǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 物理治療 (Chinese Mandarin), 物理治疗 (wùlǐ zhìliáo) (Chinese Mandarin), fyzioterapie [feminine] (Czech), fysiotherapie [feminine] (Dutch), kinesitherapie [feminine] (Dutch), fizioterapio (Esperanto), kinezoterapio (Esperanto), fizikoterapio (Esperanto), fysioterapia (Finnish), kinésithérapie [feminine] (French), fisioterapie [feminine] (Friulian), ფიზიოთერაპია (pizioteraṗia) (Georgian), Physiotherapie [feminine] (German), भौतिक चिकित्सा (bhautik cikitsā) [feminine] (Hindi), fizioterápia (Hungarian), gyógytorna (Hungarian), sjúkraþjálfun [feminine] (Icelandic), fizioterapio (Ido), fisioterapi (Indonesian), fisiteiripe [feminine] (Irish), 理学療法 (rigaku ryōhō) (alt: りがくりょうほう) (Japanese), 물리치료 (mullichiryo) (alt: 物理治療) (Korean), физиотерапија (fizioterapija) [feminine] (Macedonian), fisioterapia [feminine] (Portuguese), физиотерапи́я (fizioterapíja) [feminine] (Russian), terapia física [feminine] (Spanish), rehabilitación [feminine] (Spanish), recapazitación [feminine] (Spanish), tibamaungo (Swahili), sjukgymnastik (Swedish), fizyoterapi (Turkish), ffisiotherapi [masculine] (Welsh)

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