physical medicine

noun

: physical medicine and rehabilitation

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At the Food and Drug Administration, workers at the agency’s office of neurological and physical medicine devices were recently cut, Reuters reports. — William Gavin, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2025 Toward the end of April 2025, the mother started sending messages to the hospital’s GI team asking for G-tube placement and saying that her son’s physical medicine and rehab provider told her to ask if that was something to consider. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026 Lin, board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation, says she was solicited by Fowler, Brunton and King and agreed to commit $500,000 in capital in 2021. — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Mar. 2026 The cuts included about 20 people in the FDA’s office of neurological and physical medicine devices, several of whom worked on Neuralink, according to the two sources, who asked not to be identified because of fear of professional repercussions. — Rachael Levy and Marisa Taylor, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for physical medicine

Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of physical medicine was in 1932

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“Physical medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physical%20medicine. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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