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phy·si·cian

(fĭ-zĭsh′ən)

1. A person trained and licensed to practice medicine; one who has a Doctor of Medicine or a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree.

2. Archaic 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.]

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physician

(fɪˈzɪʃən)

1. (Medicine) a person legally qualified to practise medicine, esp one specializing in areas of treatment other than surgery; doctor of medicine

2. (Medicine) archaic any person who treats diseases; healer

[C13: from Old French fisicien, from fisique physic]

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phy•si•cian

(fɪˈzɪʃ ən)

n.

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

2. a person engaged in general medical practice, as distinguished from a surgeon.

[1175–1225; Middle English fisicien < Old French; see physic, -ian]

phy•si′cian•ly, adj.

physician

allopathy, allopath, allopathist - Another word for conventional medical treatment is allopathy; an allopath or allopathist is a physician.
pediatrician - Comes from Greek pais/paidos, "child," and iatros, "physician."
armamentarium - The equipment of a medical institution or physician.

physician

– physicist

1. 'physician'

A physician is a doctor, especially one who treats illnesses or injuries using medicine rather than surgery. Physician is a formal or old-fashioned word.

...a highly respected Victorian physician and surgeon.

2. 'physicist'

A physicist is a person who studies physics or does research connected with physics.

...a nuclear physicist.

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Noun

physician - a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"

doc, doctor, Dr., MD, medico

abortionist - a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies

allergist - a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies

angiologist - a physician who specializes in angiology

extern, medical extern - a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there

gastroenterologist - a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract

general practitioner, GP - a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses

hakeem, hakim - a Muslim physician

house physician, resident physician, resident - a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital; "the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital"

houseman, intern, interne, medical intern - an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)

medical man, medical practitioner - someone who practices medicine

primary care physician - the physician who provides primary care; "the primary care physician acts as a gatekeeper to the medical system"

quack - an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice

medical specialist, specialist - practices one branch of medicine

operating surgeon, sawbones, surgeon - a physician who specializes in surgery

vet, veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon - a doctor who practices veterinary medicine

doctor-patient relation - the responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient

physician

noun doctor, specialist, doc (informal), healer, medic (informal), general practitioner, medical practitioner, medico (informal), doctor of medicine, sawbones (slang), G.P., M.D. the President's personal physician

Quotations
"Physician, heal thyself" Bible: St. Luke
"Cured yesterday of my disease,"
"I died last night of my physician" [Matthew Prior The Remedy Worse than the Disease]

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Translations

طبيبطَبيب

lékařdoktor

læge

Arzt Ärztin Mediziner

médico

arst

lääkäri

médecin arts

רופארופאה

liječnicaliječnik

orvos

læknir

ārststerapeits

zdravnik

läkare

doktor

内科医生医师

physician

[fɪˈzɪʃən] N → médico/a m/f

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physician

[fɪˈzɪʃ^ən] n → médecin m

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physician

n → Arzt m, → Ärztin f

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physician

[fɪˈzɪʃ/ən] n → medico

physician

(fiˈziʃən) noun

a doctor who specializes in medical rather than surgical treatment of patients. My doctor sent me to a physician at the hospital.

phy·si·cian

n. médico-a;

attending ___ → ___ de cabecera;

consulting ___ → ___ consultante, consultor;

family ___ → ___ de familia;

___ on call → ___ de guardia;

primary ___ → ___ de asistencia primaria;

referring ___ → ___ recomendante.

physician

n médico -ca mf, doctor -ra mf; attending — médico tratante, médico jefe de residentes y estudiantes en un hospital de enseñanza; family — médico de cabecera, médico de la familia; family practice — médico familiar or de familia; on-call —, — on call médico de turno or guardia; osteopathic — osteópata mf, médico -ca mf especializado en osteopatía; personal — médico personal or de cabecera; primary care — médico de atención primaria; private — médico privado; treating — médico tratante

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As no man of large experience of humanity, however quietly carried it may be, can fail to be invested with an interest peculiar to the possession of such knowledge, Physician was an attractive man.

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Then, I continued, no physician, in so far as he is a physician, considers his own good in what he prescribes, but the good of his patient; for the true physician is also a ruler having the human body as a subject, and is not a mere money-maker; that has been admitted?

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The physician who first warned me of the critical state of my mother's health is anxious to hear what I can tell him of her last moments.

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This king was a leper, and all his doctors had been unable to cure him, when a very clever physician came to his court.

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As his studies, at a previous period of his life, had made him extensively acquainted with the medical science of the day, it was as a physician that he presented himself and as such was cordially received.

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The first room was the largest and in the middle of it were a table and an office chair for the physician; on each side of this were two smaller tables, a little lower: at one of these sat the house-physician and at the other the clerk who took the `book' for the day.

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This pulse was full of such fatal indications, that the physician continued, notwithstanding the interruptions of the patient: "Put down the years of the Fronde at four each, and you have lived eighty-two years."

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To say the truth, every physician almost hath his favourite disease, to which he ascribes all the victories obtained over human nature.

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AN OLD WOMAN having lost the use of her eyes, called in a Physician to heal them, and made this bargain with him in the presence of witnesses: that if he should cure her blindness, he should receive from her a sum of money; but if her infirmity remained, she should give him nothing.

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The physician, being called to attend the sick person, would look at him, and say, "It is the small-pox!

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It was, in fact, the king's physician; a person about fifty years of age, whose harsh physiognomy was modified only by a crafty eye.

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HAVING been summoned to serve as a juror, a Prominent Citizen sent a physician's certificate stating that he was afflicted with softening of the brain.