physion.1
/ˈfɪzɪəʊ/, U.S. /ˈfɪzioʊ/ colloquial.
A physiotherapist.
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physiotherapist1922
physical therapist1937
physio1962
1962 Times 3 July 5/3 They should, like the orthopaedic physiotherapists, also be nurses... I tell my physios: ‘Keep your hands off, keep your minds on.’
1968 M. Woodhouse Rock Baby iii. 21 Don't have him doing full knee bends... Reminds me, I must get in the physios chop-chop.
1985 P. White Let. 11 Sept. (1994) xvi. 605 I..shall make my way to a public phone as soon as a physio leaves me alone.
2002 H. Jacobson Who's Sorry Now? (2003) ii. vii. 257 Rolling on to the grass and trying to remember the muscle-stretching exercises the physio had taught him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
physion.2
/ˈfɪzɪəʊ/, U.S. /ˈfɪzioʊ/ colloquial.
Physiotherapy.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > physiotherapy > [noun]
motorpathy1853
physiatrics1890
physiotherapy1900
physicotherapy1903
physical therapy1919
physio1967
1967 E. Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl. 1291 Physio, physiotherapy.
1971 ‘J. Bell’ Hole in Ground iv. 59 Dr. Colthorp wants her to have physio after the plaster comes off.
1993 C. Anderson Spice of Life (BNC) We hired a retired nurse to act as housekeeper and she did his physio when I wasn't there.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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