occupational therapy

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Noun

occupational therapy (usually uncountable, plural occupational therapies)

  1. The therapeutic practice of encouraging better quality of life through the pursuit of work or other occupations.
  2. (ironic) Busy work.
  3. (psychiatry, education, mental health) Sensory play for children often involving an obstacle course to relieve stress while the therapist works to nurture the patient's basic life skills.
    Synonym: OT

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