massotherapy

massotherapy
The therapeutic use of massage. [G. masso, to knead, + therapeia, treatment]

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mas·so·ther·a·py -pē n, pl -pies the practice of therapeutic massage

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mas·so·ther·a·py (mas″o-therґə-pe) [Gr. massein to knead + therapy] the treatment of disease by massage.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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