physical medicine

American  

noun

1. the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury by means of physical agents, as manipulation, massage, exercise, heat, or water.

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physical medicine British  

noun

1. the branch of medicine devoted to the management of physical disabilities, as resulting from rheumatic disease, asthma, poliomyelitis, etc See also rehabilitation

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physical medicine Scientific  

1. The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease and disability by physical means such as manipulation, massage, and exercise, often with mechanical devices, and the application of heat, cold, electricity, radiation, and water.

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Etymology

Origin of physical medicine

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

“Gravity is not our friend,” is the blunt assessment of Michael Chung, a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist at the University of California, San Diego.

From Slate

FACSM, a professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, has been working to make sure the definition of cerebral palsy is changed so that as more children with cerebral palsy grow to be adults, their care can continue to be consistent.

From Science Daily

Familiar with the lasting affects of gun violence, Michael Scott, chair of the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department at Rancho Los Amigos, said the vast majority of individuals survive but are left with significant life-changing disabilities.

From Los Angeles Times

Page is professor of clinical pharmacy, medicine and physical medicine at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, Colorado.

From Science Daily

"Often symptoms from urinary incontinence are ignored until they become bothersome or limit physical or social activities," said Sheila Dugan, MD, chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at RUSH.

From Science Daily