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physio-

  1. a combining form representing physical or physiological in compound words:

    physiotherapy.



physio-

1

combining_form

  1. of or relating to nature or natural functions

    physiology

  2. physical

    physiotherapy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


physio

2

/ ˈfɪzɪəʊ /

noun

  1. informal.
    short for physiotherapy , physiotherapist See physiotherapy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of physio-1

< Greek physio- combining form of phýsis origin, form, natural order. See physis, -o-
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Word History and Origins

Origin of physio-1

from Greek phusio, from phusis nature, from phuein to make grow
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Example Sentences

But this new form of the old realism is by no means the most startling of the physio-philosophic principles.

Its vastness and strangeness were fairly overpowering, even to a man as well versed in physio-chemical paraphernalia as he was.

Modern physio-psychology absolutely denies every form of the free-will dogma in the name of the laws of natural causality.

The living cell is a machine which makes use of cosmic energy for physio-chemical work.

Krause also writes of the reception given by his contemporaries to his “physio-philosophical ideas.”

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