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Ergotherapie

occupational therapy

noun er-go-te-ra-PEE Rare
Body & Health Medicine

Origin: from Greek ergon + therapeia

Usage Note

Ergotherapie helps patients regain daily-life skills after injury or illness. Unlike Physiotherapie, it focuses on practical tasks such as dressing or cooking. The practitioner is an Ergotherapeut/-in.

Examples

"Ergotherapie half ihm, nach dem Schlaganfall wieder selbstständig zu essen."

Natural Translation

Occupational therapy helped him to eat independently again after the stroke.

Literal Translation

Occupational therapy helped him after the stroke again independently to eat.

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