Meaning & use
physiatry
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The branch of medicine concerned with physical medicine and rehabilitation, treating injury or disability through non-surgical means.
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After his stroke, he underwent physiatry to regain movement in his left arm.
The hospital's physiatry department specializes in sports injury recovery.
A note on using this word
Specialists in this field are called physiatrists, a term sometimes confused with "physiotherapy," though physiatry is a medical specialty requiring a physician's degree.
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physical medicinerehabilitation medicine
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