physical medicine

noun

1. the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury by means of physical agents, as manipulation, massage, exercise, heat, or water.

physical medicine

noun

1. the branch of medicine devoted to the management of physical disabilities, as resulting from rheumatic disease, asthma, poliomyelitis, etc See also rehabilitation

physical medicine

1. The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease and disability by physical means such as manipulation, massage, and exercise, often with mechanical devices, and the application of heat, cold, electricity, radiation, and water.

Word History and Origins

Origin of physical medicine¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Psychiatry was specialized, these days, as physical medicine had been before it.

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