Physician

Quick meaning: Physician is a noun meaning A medical doctor trained in human medicine.

Meaning

A medical doctor trained in human medicine.

More Meanings

1. 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.

Example Sentences

The doctor had to go to London for a physician to take charge of his practice[…].

The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates promoted wine for various purposes, including reducing fevers and dressing wounds.

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;[…].

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 that CIA physicians, psychologists, and other health care personnel had important roles in enhanced interrogation.

Word Forms

• physicians
• physitian

Synonyms for physician

Depending on context, synonyms include doctor, doc, leech, physic, medic, medician.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include medico, doctor, doc, medical, clinician, paramedic.

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