PHYSIOTHERAPIST Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

physiotherapist

noun

Definition of physiotherapist

as in nurse

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Recent Examples of physiotherapist 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 Learmont was sent to a physiotherapist and given exercises to perform for the following few weeks. — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026 His mother is a nurse and his father is a physiotherapist. — Ken Maguire, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for physiotherapist

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Lindsay Clancy’s lawyers don’t dispute that the former labor and delivery nurse killed the children.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
So there are doctors, there are nurses, there are health-care workers that are donning hazmat suits basically, and are in 80 percent humidity in the summer heat.

— Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of nurse

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Camp Simcha’s team includes 12 nurses, three doctors, two paramedics, and a respiratory and physical therapist.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
Depending on each patient’s needs, that team might include a menopause specialist, gynecologist or pelvic floor physical therapist alongside an oncologist.

— Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of physical therapist

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Frank Urrutia, whose son Ezekiel Urrutia died in the January 2025 crash on Florida's Turnpike near the Red Road exit, says his son had a bright future ahead of him as a paramedic and aspiring firefighter.

— Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Once the bodies of the three children were discovered, one paramedic was left with Lindsay Clancy while three other paramedics turned their attention to the children, the captain recalled.

— Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 30 July 2026

Definition of paramedic

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Malone said surgeons removed approximately 96% of the cancer during the operation.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026
Research has consistently demonstrated that women physicians and surgeons experience higher levels of work-home conflict than their male colleagues, despite carrying the same professional responsibilities.

— Alexandra Kharazi, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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