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fisioterapia

physiotherapy

noun fee-zyoh-teh-RAH-pyah Rare

Origin: From Greek physis (nature) + therapeia (treatment).

Usage Note

Fisioterapia is the standard Italian term for physiotherapy or physical therapy. A physiotherapist is fisioterapista (invariable in gender, distinguished by article: il fisioterapista / la fisioterapista). Sessions are sedute di fisioterapia.

Examples

"Il medico ha consigliato un ciclo di fisioterapia."

Natural Translation

The doctor recommended a course of physiotherapy.

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