mechanotherapy
English edit
Etymology edit
From mechano- + therapy, after Swedish mekanoterapi.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mechanotherapy (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.