physical medicine and rehabilitation


physical medicine and rehabilitation

noun

Definition of PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

: a medical specialty concerned with treating disabling disorders and injuries by physical means (as by the use of electrotherapy, therapeutic exercise, or pharmaceutical pain control) —called also physiatry, physical medicine

First Known Use of PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

1939

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