physician
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.
Other meanings
A medical doctor trained in human medicine.
Related words
- emergency physician
- family physician
- non-physician
- physician assistant
- physician extender
- physician associate
- physician finger
- geophysician
- interphysician
- intraphysician
- nonphysician
- physiciancy
Word history
From Latin "physica" (natural science).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “physician” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.