PHYSIOTHERAPIST Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

physiotherapist

noun

Definition of physiotherapist

as in nurse

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Recent Examples of physiotherapist The other half received eight weeks of personalized swimming instruction and four educational sessions with a physiotherapist. — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 22 July 2026 He had been limited to indoor work at the team’s training center with physiotherapists and fitness coaches, with Brazil being cautious about his return to action. — Reuters, NBC news, 18 June 2026 One of them, a 35 years-old physiotherapist, served in two different missions to the state between 2017 and 2024, before returning to Cuba at the end of his deployment. — Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 3 June 2026 Daisy Ridley stars as a physiotherapist who travels to a remote Australian town after a mysterious explosion raises the walking dead. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for physiotherapist

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Noun

The night nurse took over and taught him how to swaddle the baby, whose name was written on the dry-erase board across from the bed.

— Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
Helen, a nurse in the Department of Vascular Surgery, waded through a flood of calls and messages; the numbers always grew thick over the weekend.

— Ron Farina, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of nurse

Noun

While Minardi was about to be transported to UMass Memorial Hospital, his wife called and told the paramedic that Minardi had been missing for two days.

— Matt Schooley, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Under his leadership, the department strengthened the community paramedic program and launched the Whole Blood Program, which allows paramedics to administer life-saving blood transfusions at the scene of an emergency.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of paramedic

Noun

The Yakima County resident, who had previous health conditions, was exposed to avian influenza at a dairy with infected cattle and had been hospitalized.

— Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Sutter County residents with questions can call the county’s Animal Services Authority at 530-822-7375.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of resident

Noun

Her chances at having a baby only seemed to worsen in 2014, when a colorectal surgeon attempted to reposition her stoma — an opening in the abdomen through which waste exits the body — to make pregnancy possible, but the surgery was unsuccessful.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026
Staying independent with age requires attention to the entire musculoskeletal system, including the muscles, bones and tendons, according to the surgeon.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026

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