physiotherapy

Questions about physiotherapy

What does physiotherapy mean?

physiotherapy means "therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities".

How many syllables are in physiotherapy?

physiotherapy has 6 syllables: phy-si-o-the-ra-py. The stress falls on "the".

What is another word for physiotherapy?

Close synonyms include physical therapy, physiatrics. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is physiotherapy a common word?

physiotherapy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.