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mechanotherapy|ˌmɛkənəʊˈθɛrəpɪ| Also in Lat. form -therapia. [ad. mod.L. type *mēchanotherapia, f. Gr. µηχανο-, µηχανή machine + θεραπεία healing.] Cure by mechanical means.
1890in Syd. Soc. Lex. 1896Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 373 The practice of ‘mechano-therapy’ by manipulators usually quite ignorant of medicine. 1901Westm. Gaz. 16 May 2/1 The Zander Institute at Paris is the home of mechanotherapia, or cure by mechanical means. |