physiotherapy

English

Etymology

physio- +‎ therapy

Noun

physiotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural physiotherapies)

1. therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage, ultrasound, heat, and exercise

Synonyms

• physical therapy

Hyponyms

• remedial exercises
• therapeutic exercises

Derived terms

• physiotherapist
• physical therapist

Translations

therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 物理療法／物理疗法 (wùlǐ liáofǎ), 物理疗法 (wùlǐ liáofǎ), 物理治療／物理治疗 (zh) (wùlǐ zhìliáo), 物理治疗 (zh) (wùlǐ zhìliáo)

• Czech: fyzioterapie f
• Dutch: fysiotherapie (nl) f
• Esperanto: fizioterapio, kinezoterapio, fizikoterapio
• Finnish: fysioterapia (fi)
• French: kinésithérapie (fr) f
• German: Physiotherapie (de) f
• Hungarian: fizioterápia (hu), gyógytorna (hu)
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• Icelandic: sjúkraþjálfun f
• Ido: fizioterapio (io)
• Japanese: 理学療法 (りがくりょうほう, rigaku ryōhō)
• Macedonian: физиотерапија f (fizioterapija)
• Portuguese: fisioterapia (pt) f
• Russian: физиотерапи́я (ru) f (fizioterapíja)
• Spanish: terapia física f, rehabilitación (es) f, recapazitación f
• Swedish: sjukgymnastik (sv)