ergotherapy

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noun

Work as a form of occupational therapy.

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Meanings

nounergotherapy (uncountable)
  1. uncountableWork as a form of occupational therapy.

    As a physician, Dunton understood the importance of being seen as scientifically valid, thus his support for ergotherapy, a term that he believed would be more impressive to the scientific community.

    2003, Paula Kramer, Perspectives in Human Occupation: Participation in Life, page 24

Origin

From ergo- + therapy.

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APA

ergotherapy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ergotherapy

MLA

“ergotherapy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ergotherapy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ergotherapy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ergotherapy.

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