'Physician' definitions:
Definition of 'physician'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Physician'
From: GCIDE
- Physician \Phy*si"cian\ (f[i^]*z[i^]sh"an), n. [OE. fisician, fisicien, OF. physucien, a physician, in F., a natural philosopher, an experimentalist in physics. See Physic.]
- 1. A person skilled in medicine, or the art of healing; especially, one trained and licensed to treat illness and prescribe medicines; a doctor of medicine. [1913 Webster + PJC]
- 2. Hence, figuratively, one who ministers to moral diseases; as, a physician of the soul. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'physician'
From: Easton
- 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."
Synonyms of 'physician'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allopath,
- allopathist,
- attending physician,
- bones,
- coroner,
- country doctor,
- croaker,
- doc,
- doctor,
- Doctor of Medicine,
- family doctor,
- general practitioner,
- GP,
- house physician,
- intern,
- leech,
- man,
- MD,
- Md,
- medic,
- medical,
- medical attendant,
- medical examiner,
- medical man,
- medical practitioner,
- medico,
- physician in ordinary,
- practitioner,
- resident,
- resident physician,
- sawbones,
- specialist,
- surgeon