phthisiotherapeutistn.
/ˌ(f)θɪzɪəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌθɪzioʊˌθɛrəˈpjudəst/ Medicine. rare.
= phthisiotherapist n.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > specialist > [noun] > in other fields
searcher1597
snake-doctor1800
resuscitator1810
hydrophobist1855
narcologist1878
phthisiotherapeutist1899
phthisiotherapist1907
pulmonologist1912
chemotherapist1925
oncologist1925
allergist1928
cancerologist1935
physiatrist1946
orthotist1951
neuropharmacologist1957
1899 S. A. Knopf Pulmonary Tuberculosis xix. 285 The peculiar psychological state of nearly all phthisical patients..makes it necessary for the true phthisiotherapeutist..to be..his best and most confidential friend.
1899 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 220 All modern phthisio-therapeutists, who have demonstrated that the hygienic and dietetic treatment in special sanatoria is feasible and successful.
1939 Amer. Rev. Tuberculosis 39 162 The value of artificial pneumothorax in closing open cavities is admitted by every phthisiotherapeutist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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