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physiatrist

physiatrist noun: a physician specializing in physical rehabilitation.

Noun

physiatrist (plural physiatrists)

  1. A physician specializing in physical rehabilitation.
    • Since it was pioneered in 2001 by Todd Kuiken, a physiatrist and biomedical engineer at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, it has been performed on about 30 people in the United States, Canada and Europe, including eight soldiers injured in Iraq or Afghanistan.2009 February 11, Pam Belluck, “In New Procedure, Artificial Arm Listens to Brain”, in New York Times

physiatrist meaning in Tamil

physiatrist in Tamil

உடற்பண்டுவப் பயில்வியலர்

Forms of physiatrist

pluralphysiatrists

Origin of physiatrist

From physiatrics + -ist.

Questions about physiatrist

What does physiatrist mean?
Physiatrist means a physician specializing in physical rehabilitation.
What is physiatrist in Tamil?
Physiatrist in Tamil is உடற்பண்டுவப் பயில்வியலர். See Physiatrist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is physiatrist?
Physiatrist is a noun.
What is the plural of physiatrist?
The plural of physiatrist is physiatrists.

Words near physiatrist in the dictionary

  1. physharmonikas
  2. physi-
  3. physianthropy
  4. physiatric
  5. physiatrics
  6. physiatrist
  7. physiatrists
  8. physiatry
  9. physible
  10. physibles
  11. physic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: physiatrist (page history and authors); physiatrist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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