physical medicine and rehabilitation
About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.
About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.physical medicine and rehabilitation
nounDefinition 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
physical medicine and rehabilitation
noun (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
: a medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of disabling diseases, disorders, and injuries typically of a musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, neuromuscular, or neurological nature by physical means (as by the use of electromyography, electrotherapy, therapeutic exercise, or pharmaceutical pain control)—called also physiatrics, physiatry, physical medicine
Browse
Next Word in the Dictionary: physical metallurgy
Previous Word in the Dictionary: physical medicine
All Words Near: physical medicine and rehabilitation
Previous Word in the Dictionary: physical medicine
All Words Near: physical medicine and rehabilitation
Seen & Heard 
What made you want to look up physical medicine and rehabilitation? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
