physiotherapy

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti

Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Ancient Greek φῠ́σῐς (phŭ́sĭs)

English physio-

Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.?

Ancient Greek θερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)

Pre-Greekder.?

Proto-Hellenic *-eús

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfɪziəʊˈθerəpi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

physiotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural physiotherapies)

1. (UK, 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)
• Polish: fizjoterapia (pl) f
• Portuguese: fisioterapia (pt) f
• Russian: физиотерапи́я (ru) f (fizioterapíja)
• Slovak: fyzioterapia f
• 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