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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