physician
Syllables: phy·si·cianUK/fɪˈzɪʃn̩//fəˈzɪʃən/
physician noun: 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.
Noun
physician (plural physicians)
- 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.
- His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill;[…].1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
- In 2009, the Obama Administration released guidelines on enhanced interrogation written in 2003 and 2004 by the CIA Office of Medical Services. ^((OMS).1-3(appendix F)) The OMS guidelines, even in redacted form, and opinions from the US Department of Justice's (DOJ’s) Office of Legal Counsel show...2010 August 4, Leonard S. Rubenstein, JD; Stephen N. Xenakis, MD, “The Ethics of Enhanced Interrogations and Torture: A Reappraisal of the Argument”, in JAMA, volume 304, number 5, American Medical...
- A medical doctor trained in human medicine.
- The doctor had to go to London for a physician to take charge of his practice[…].1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- doctor
physician meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
physician in Hindi
- medical doctor
- डाक्टर ḍākṭar, डॉक्टर ḍŏkṭar, वैद्य vaidya, चिकित्सक cikitsak, हकीम hakīm, तबीब tabīb
- a female medical doctor
- चिकित्सिका cikitsikā
physician in Tamil
- medical doctor
- மருத்துவர் maruttuvar, வைத்தியர் vaittiyar, டாக்டர் ṭākṭar
physician in Marathi
- medical doctor
- डॉक्टर ḍŏkṭar, वैद्य vaidya
physician in Urdu
- medical doctor
- ڈاکْٹَر ḍākṭar, حَکِیم hakīm, طَبِیب tabīb
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- physician in Bengali
- ডাক্তার ḍaktar, তবীব tobib
- physician in Telugu
- వైద్యుడు vaidyuḍu
- physician in Malayalam
- വൈദ്യൻ vaidyaṉ, ഹക്കിം hakkiṁ
- physician in Kannada
- ವಿಧಿ vidhi
- physician in Punjabi
- ਹਕੀਮ hakīm
- physician in Gujarati
- વૈદ્ય vaidya
- physician in Odia
- ଡାକ୍ତର ḍāktara
- physician in Sanskrit
- वैद्य vaidya, चिकित्सक cikitsaka, भिषज् bhiṣaj
- physician in Sinhala
- දොස්තර dostara, වෛද්යවරයා waidyawarayā
- physician in Assamese
- ডাক্তৰ daktor, বেজ bez
- physician in Nepali
- डाक्टर ḍākṭar, चिकित्सक cikitsak
- physician in Pashto
- ډاکټر ḍākṭar, دکتور doktor, طبيب tabib, حکيم hakim
- physician in Tagalog
- doktor, manggagamot
- physician in Arabic
- طَبِيب ṭabīb, طَبِيبة ṭabība, دُكْتُور doktōr, duktōr, حَكِيم ḥakīm
- physician in Malay
- doktor, bomor, tabib
- physician in Indonesian
- dokter
- physician in Persian
- پِزِشْک pezešk, دُکْتُر doktor, طَبیب tabib, حَکیم hakim
- physician in Thai
- หมอ mɔ̌ɔ, แพทย์ pɛ̂ɛt, เวช wêet, อายุรแพทย์ aa-yú-rá-pɛ̂ɛt
- physician in Vietnamese
- bác sĩ y khoa, bác sĩ, đốc-tờ, y sinh
- physician in Myanmar
- ဆရာဝန် hca.rawan
- Dzongkha
- དྲུང་འཚོ drung 'tsho
Examples of physician in a sentence
- The physicians let about a pint of his blood, but to no avail.
- The medical code is a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians.
- It is prudent to consult a physician before beginning any new exercise regimen.
Synonyms of physician
Forms of physician
| plural | physicians |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | phisician |
| alternative form (obsolete) | phisitian |
| alternative form (obsolete) | physitian |
Origin of physician
From Middle English fisicien, from Old French fisicïen (“physician”) (modern French physicien (“physicist”)), from fisique (“art of healing”), from Latin physica (“natural science”), from Ancient Greek φυσική ἐπιστήμη (phusikḗ epistḗmē, “knowledge of nature”), from φυσικός (phusikós, “pertaining to nature”). Displaced native Middle English læche, leche, archaic English leech (“physician”). Morphologically physic + -ian.
Words formed from physician
Phrases with physician
Questions about physician
- What does physician mean?
- Physician means 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.
- What is physician in Hindi?
- Physician in Hindi is डाक्टर (ḍākṭar), डॉक्टर (ḍŏkṭar), वैद्य (vaidya). See Physician meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is physician?
- Physician is a noun.
- How do you pronounce physician?
- Physician is pronounced /fəˈzɪʃən/ (US).
- What is the plural of physician?
- The plural of physician is physicians.
Words near physician in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: physician (page history and authors); വൈദ്യൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ವಿಧಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); વૈદ્ય (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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