See Also: physiatrics(medicine)

Trakehner (iou) and physiatrics (medicine)


Trakehner (iou)



Trakehner noun. In sense 2 also trakehner, trakener. E20.
[German, from the Trakehnen stud (see below).]
(An animal of) a breed of saddle horse first developed at the Trakehnen stud near Kaliningrad in Russia. E20.
A type of fence, consisting of a ditch spanned by centre rails, in the cross-country section of an equestrian three-day event etc. M20.

physiatrics (medicine)


physiatrics


1. Old term for physical therapy.

2. Rehabilitation Management.

Origin: G. Physis, Nature, + iatrikos, healing