physiatry /phys·iat·ry/ (-tre) the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease or injury, and the rehabilitation from resultant impairments and disabilities, using physical and sometimes pharmaceutical agents.
physiatry
phys·i·at·ry (f z  - t r, f-z  -tr)n. See physical medicine. |
physiatry
[fizī′ətrē]
the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease or injury and the rehabilitation from resultant impairments and disabilities by using physical agents such as light, heat, cold, water, electricity, therapeutic exercise, mechanical apparatus, and sometimes pharmaceutic agents. Also called physiatrics, physical medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation.
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