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[fi-zish-uhn]

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noun

a person who is legally qualified to practice medicine; doctor of medicine.

a person engaged in general medical practice, as distinguished from one specializing in surgery.

a person who is skilled in the art of healing.

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Origin:
1175–1225; physic + -ian (see -ician); replacing Middle English fisicien < Old French

Related forms

phy·si·cian·ly, adjective

Can be confused: doctor, physician.

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The royal physician spoke against a bill that would have legalized the practice but he did so without condemning euthanasia.

It is clear today that the public is searching for a humanistic physician.

His role as journalist and physician have sometimes overlapped.

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The royal physician spoke against a bill that would have legalized the practice but he did so without condemning euthanasia.

It is clear today that the public is searching for a humanistic physician.

His role as journalist and physician have sometimes overlapped.

The physician had twice implanted into his arm plastic tubes of another person's blood.

To save himself, a physician enters the rag trade.

It's more or less impossible to define hysteria in a way that a physician today would find acceptable.

One early physician likened it to trying to rub one's head and stomach simultaneously.

In medicine, many important scientific questions originate in the mind of the insightful physician at the bedside.

We should be cautious and consult a physician before taking any vitamin pill.

Clark spent the bulk of his career as a physician and surgeon.

Another provision in the bill will expose relationships between physician researchers and the medical industry.

Thornton, who had been trained as a physician but was now trying his hand at architecture, seemed unaware of the oppressive heat.

Your next physician could have the bedside manner of a robot.

With the ideal vaccine, a physician could restore a woman's or a.

The consolidation of insurers and providers into accountable care organizations marks the end of the self employed physician.

Consult your physician or allergist before using this product, if this is the case.

The next day, the discoloration increased and the pain returned, which her physician treated with a course of penicillin.

Peel is a practising physician and national expert on medical privacy.

But they do of course need a physician to help guide them in their health-care choices.

Gibson after a physician had testified he saw the defendant.

But an impaired or incompetent physician can present a real risk.

The site will automatically route patients to a physician licensed in the state where a user lives.

Some of his favorite dinner guests were his father's physician clients.

For now, the decision to participate in risky clinical trials comes down to the physician and patient.

Seems to me that it's past time to call the physician for a change of medication.

Swelling and lingering pain may reflect an allergic reaction and warrant a visit to a physician.

In the early years, protocols required a genetic counselor or a physician to interpret test results for patients and consumers.

The person went next door and got a physician friend.

S/he consults with a physician on staff who also reviews the evidence on file.

The next time you become seriously ill, consider seeing an amateur physician for half price.

My physician is delighted at my success and calls me a poster person for good health.

The data is then sent to an online repository or a cellphone for the physician and the patient to track.

No one ever made the claim that the tire changer should earn as much as the physician.

Few differences were found other than physician preference.

As a physician it is often difficult to follow through with scientific recommendations.

The amount that is grown and stored depends on a daily dosage approved by the individual's physician.

It wouldn't hurt to put in a call to her physician and tell him or her what you've noticed about her behavior.

Using the cloud to contain my medical records and accessing them by whatever physician is an altogether different ball game.

Of course there is a placebo effect and there is the effect of a kindly supportive physician as well.

I've consulted my primary care physician twice, my surgeon once, and my dietician once.

Gallbladder trouble, the physician surmised after a quick examination.

Puerperal fever came to be acknowledged to have one cause, an iatrogenic cause, absence of physician prophylaxis.

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World English Dictionary

physician (fɪˈzɪʃən)

—n
1.	a person legally qualified to practise medicine, esp one specializing in areas of treatment other than surgery; doctor of medicine
2.	archaic any person who treats diseases; healer

[C13: from Old French fisicien, from fisiquephysic]

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Word Origin & History

physician

early 13c., fisicien, from O.Fr. fisicien "physician" (12c., Mod.Fr. physicien means "physicist"), from fisique "art of healing," from L. physica "natural science" (see physic).

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

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

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

Easton

Bible Dictionary

Physician definition

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."

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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