Physician

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) A medical doctor trained in human medicine.
 * 3) * 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
 * The doctor had to go to London for a physician to take charge of his practice...

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:physician

Related terms

 * physicist
 * physical


 * physicalism
 * physics

Adjectives for Physician
reluctant; renowned; departing; conscientious; competent; helpful; sagacious; incredulous; understanding; distinguished; eminent; respectable; tolerable; observant; over-zealous; consecrated; conservative.

Verbs for Physician
assist—; communicate with—; confer with —; confound—; consult—; inform—; —administers; —counsels; —decrees; —devotes to; —diagnoses; —examines; —guards; — prescribes; —pronounces; —recommends; —rules; —serves; —warns.

Thesaurus
Doctor of Medicine, GP, MD, Md, allopath, allopathist, attending physician, bones, coroner, country doctor, croaker, doc, doctor, family doctor, general practitioner, house physician, intern, leech, man, medic, medical, medical attendant, medical examiner, medical man, medical practitioner, medico, physician in ordinary, practitioner, resident, resident physician, sawbones, specialist, surgeon

Etymology
From fisicien from  fisicïen: from fisique: from  physica: from   (knowledge of nature) from  (pertaining to nature) from  (nature) from  (to bring forth, to produce) from. Displaced native Middle English læche, leche "physician" (from Old English lǣċe "physician, medical doctor").

Translations

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 * Syriac: ܐܣܝܐ (’āsyā’), ܐܣܝܬܐ (’āsītā’)
 * Hebrew: אסיא (’āsyā’), אסיתא (’āsītā’)
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese: 医生 (yīshēng)
 * Croatian: ,
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 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:, רופאה
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 * Interlingua: medico, doctor
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 医師 (いし, ishi)
 * Korean: 의사 (uisa)
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 * Latin: ,
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 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
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 * Volapük: sanan,  hisanan,  jisanan,  sanel,  medinel