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physiatrics
noun plural but singular or plural in construction(phys-iat-rics)
physical medicine and rehabilitation
physiatrics
noun(phys-iat-rics)
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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