PHYSIATRICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does physiatrics mean? 

• PHYSIATRICS (noun)
  The noun PHYSIATRICS has 1 sense:

1. therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities

  Familiarity information: PHYSIATRICS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYSIATRICS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

physiatrics; physical therapy; physiotherapy

Hypernyms ("physiatrics" is a kind of...):

therapy ((medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.))

Meronyms (parts of "physiatrics"):

modality (a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "physiatrics"):

rehabilitation (the treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises)