mechanotherapy
English
editEtymology
editFrom mechano- + therapy, after Swedish mekanoterapi.
Pronunciation
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editmechanotherapy (uncountable)
- (medicine) A type of physiotherapy designed to promote health through exercise and massage.
- 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 78:
- They were anxious to ship me to Milan where there were better X-ray facilities and where, after the operation, I could take mechano-therapy.