physiotherapists

noun

plural of physiotherapist
as in nurses

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  1. nurses
  2. paramedics
  3. residents
  4. surgeons
Noun
  • Social workers, nurses, therapists, and home health aides provide care that depends not simply on technical skill, but on empathy, dignity, and compassion.
    — Scott Levenson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The high amount of overtime at the mental health department is related mainly to nurses working at the state’s mental health hospitals, Whiting and Connecticut Valley Hospital, which are both in Middletown.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of nurses
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  • Rainn Wilson, known to many as Dwight Schrute from The Office, put in hours with paramedics, EMTs and the South Central Los Angeles Fire Department to prepare for his new paramedic role in the film Code 3, set to hit theaters Friday.
    — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Definition of paramedics
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  • Hundreds of mourners later gathered at Rehman Baba cemetery for mass funeral prayers as grief gripped the neighborhood and announcements echoed from mosque loudspeakers, urging residents to join in prayers for those killed.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Under constant threats from above, residents live largely in a spider’s world, with roads, sidewalks and gas stations draped in netting to entangle drones.
    — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of residents
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  • The bullet shattered his femur and left countless bullet fragments that surgeons were unable to remove.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Oncology surgeons say patients are generally cleared to fly after three weeks, provided their recovery allows.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of surgeons
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