physiotherapy

/ˌfɪziəʊˈθerəpi/

physiotherapy noun: therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage, ultrasound, heat, and exercise.

Noun

physiotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural physiotherapies)

(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) Therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage, ultrasound, heat, and exercise.

Synonyms:

physical therapy

therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise: भौतिक चिकित्सा bhautik cikitsā

உடலியல் மருத்துவம், இயன்முறை மருத்துவம்

therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise: عِلَاج طَبِيعِيّ ʕilāj ṭabīʕiyy

therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise: fisioterapi

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plural	physiotherapies

From physio- + therapy.

What does physiotherapy mean?: Physiotherapy means therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage, ultrasound, heat, and exercise.
What is physiotherapy in Hindi?: Physiotherapy in Hindi is भौतिक चिकित्सा (bhautik cikitsā). See Physiotherapy meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is physiotherapy?: Physiotherapy is a noun.
How do you pronounce physiotherapy?: Physiotherapy is pronounced /ˌfɪziəʊˈθerəpi/.
What is the plural of physiotherapy?: The plural of physiotherapy is physiotherapies.

Adapted from Wiktionary: physiotherapy (page history and authors); physiotherapy (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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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