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physician
CEFRB2
/fəˈzɪʃən/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A doctor who treats illnesses and injuries.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA medical doctor trained in human medicine.
Examples
Dr Dennett is a practicing family physician in Atlanta.
My physician advised me to refrain from alcohol for the time being.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 3
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 4
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningA 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.
More examples
In contextThe physician prescribed his patient some medicine.
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;[…].
The doctor had to go to London for a physician to take charge of his practice[…].
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Origin
noun
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.