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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
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First Known Use of PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
1939
Medical Dictionary
physical medicine and rehabilitation
noun
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
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