mechanotherapy

American  

[mek-uh-noh-ther-uh-pee] / ˌmɛk ə noʊˈθɛr ə pi /

noun

1. curative treatment by mechanical means.

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mechanotherapy British  

/ ˌmɛkənəʊˈθɛrəpɪ /

noun

1. the treatment of disorders or injuries by means of mechanical devices, esp devices that provide exercise for bodily parts

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Other Word Forms

• mechanotherapist noun

Etymology

Origin of mechanotherapy

First recorded in 1885–90; mechano- ( def. ) + therapy

Example Sentences

Usually various local measures, such as St. John Long's liniment of one hundred years ago and many of its successors, or the mechanotherapy and the massage and the manipulation of the osteopaths of the present day, have been employed with consequent restoration of circulatory disturbances to normal conditions and, in general, the setting up of better mechanical employment of muscles than was possible before.

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Mechanotherapy today is an exact science and admits no significant errors.

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He had been undergoing mechanotherapy for close to four hours and it struck him as futile.

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But it was obvious, Caswell thought, settling himself grimly on the couch, that mechanotherapy was going to be far more difficult than he had imagined.

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