physician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪˈzɪʃən/
Forms: form: physicians
form: phisician
form: phisitian
form: physitian
Etymology: From Middle English fisicien, from Old French fisicïen (“physician”) (modern French physicien (“physicist”)), from fisique (“art of healing”), from Latin physica (“natural science”), from Ancient Greek φυσική ἐπιστήμη (phusikḗ epistḗmē, “knowledge of nature”), from φυσικός (phusikós, “pertaining to nature”). Displaced native Middle English læche, leche, archaic English leech (“physician”). Morphologically physic + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill;[…].
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
text: In 2009, the Obama Administration released guidelines on enhanced interrogation written in 2003 and 2004 by the CIA Office of Medical Services. ^((OMS).1-3(appendix F)) The OMS guidelines, even in redacted form, and opinions from the US Department of Justice's (DOJ’s) Office of Legal Counsel show that CIA physicians, psychologists, and other health care personnel had important roles in enhanced interrogation.
ref: 2010 August 4, Leonard S. Rubenstein, JD; Stephen N. Xenakis, MD, “The Ethics of Enhanced Interrogations and Torture: A Reappraisal of the Argument”, in JAMA, volume 304, number 5, American Medical Association, →DOI, pages 569–570:
text: The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates promoted wine for various purposes, including reducing fevers and dressing wounds.
ref: 2022 January 22, Jonathan Reiner, “If you think that glass of wine is good for you, it’s time to reconsider”, in CNN:
glosses: A practitioner of physic, i.e. a specialist in internal medicine, especially as opposed to a surgeon; a practitioner who treats with medication rather than with surgery.
examples: text: The doctor had to go to London for a physician to take charge of his practice[…].
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
glosses: A medical doctor trained in human medicine.
Synonyms: word: doctor
word: doc
word: leech
word: physic
word: physician
word: medic
word: medician
word: medical doctor
Hypernyms: word: worker
Hyponyms: word: general practitioner
word: family doctor
word: specialist
word: dentist
word: gynecologist
word: internist
word: cardiologist
word: obstetrician
word: anesthesiologist
word: pulmonologist
word: gastroenterologist
word: nephrologist
word: urologist
word: toxicologist
word: osteologist
word: gerontologist
word: laborist
word: geriatrician
word: dermatologist
word: neurologist
word: ophthalmologist
word: chiropractor
word: psychiatrist
word: surgeon
word: archiater
word: sawbones
Derived terms: emergency physician
family physician
geophysician
interphysician
intraphysician
non-physician
nonphysician
physician assistant
physician associate
physiciancy
physicianed
physicianess
physician extender
physician finger
physician, heal thyself
physicianless
physicianlike
physicianly
physicianship
Related terms: word: physic
word: physical
word: physicist
word: physics
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