physician

noun

fi-ZISH-uhn/fɪˈzɪʃən/

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2 meanings of physician

1
nouncountable
A doctor who treats people who are sick or hurt.
Like a person you go to see when your body feels wrong, who helps you get well.
Our family physician checked my little sister's ears.
The physician told him to rest and drink plenty of water.
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2
nouncountable
A doctor who treats illness with medicine instead of doing surgery.
Like fixing a problem with the right medicine rather than cutting it out.
The physician prescribed pills instead of sending her to a surgeon.
In the old hospital, a physician handled fevers while a surgeon set broken bones.
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Origin

It came through Old French from Latin and Greek words meaning "nature" or "natural science." It is made from "physic" plus "-ian."