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Definition of physician - 7 dictionary results

phy⋅si⋅cian

[fi-zish-uhn]
–noun
1. a person who is legally qualified to practice medicine; doctor of medicine.
2. a person engaged in general medical practice, as distinguished from one specializing in surgery.
3. a person who is skilled in the art of healing.

Origin:
1175–1225; physic + -ian (see -ician ); r. ME fisicien < OF


phy⋅si⋅cian⋅ly, adjective
phy·si·cian   (fĭ-zĭsh'ən)   
n.  
  1. A person licensed to practice medicine; a medical doctor.
  2. A person who practices general medicine as distinct from surgery.
  3. A person who heals or exerts a healing influence.

[Middle English fisicien, from Old French, from fisique, medical science; see physic.]

Physician

Phy*si"cian\, n. [OE. fisician, fisicien, OF. physucien, a physician, in F., a natural philosopher, an experimentalist in physics. See Physic.]

1. A person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one duty authorized to prescribe remedies for, and treat, diseases; a doctor of medicine.

2. Hence, figuratively, one who ministers to moral diseases; as, a physician of the soul.
Language Translation for : physician
Spanish: médico,
German: der, *die Arzt, *Ärztin,
Japanese: 内科医

physician 
c.1225, fisicien, from O.Fr. fisicien "physician" (12c., Mod.Fr. physicien means "physicist"), from fisique "art of healing," from L. physica "natural science" (see physic).

Main Entry: phy·si·cian
Pronunciation: f&-'zish-&n
Function: noun
: a skilled health-care professional trained and licensed to practicemedicine; specifically : a doctor of medicine or osteopathy

physician phy·si·cian (fĭ-zĭsh'ən)
n.
Abbr. phys.


  1. Abbr. phys. A person licensed to practice medicine; a medical doctor.
  2. A person who practices general medicine as distinct from surgery.

Physician

Asa, afflicted with some bodily malady, "sought not to the Lord but to the physicians" (2 Chr. 16:12). The "physicians" were those who "practised heathen arts of magic, disavowing recognized methods of cure, and dissociating the healing art from dependence on the God of Israel. The sin of Asa was not, therefore, in seeking medical advice, as we understand the phrase, but in forgetting Jehovah."

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