physio
(ˈfɪzɪəʊ)
Colloq. abbrev. of physiotherapist or physiotherapy.
| 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.’ 1967 Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl. 1291 Physio, physiotherapy. 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. 1971 ‘J. Bell’ Hole in Ground iv. 59 Dr. Colthorp wants her to have physio after the plaster comes off. 1973 Times 7 Feb. 15/3, I remember we didn't have a physio of our own, so we had to go to the athletics one. 1977 Lancet 5 Feb. 301/2 His details are entered in the book for the agreed date, with comments such as ‘very fat’ or ‘needs pre-op physio’. |