ergotherapy en · NOUN
Etymology
From ergo- + therapy.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Work 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: