physician
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 2 meanings
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.
A medical doctor trained in human medicine.
Etymology
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”).
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PHYSICIAN at a glance
PHYSICIAN has 9 letters and scores 19 points in Scrabble (P 3 + H 4 + Y 4 + S 1 + I 1 + C 3 + I 1 + A 1 + N 1) and 20 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,255 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with physician
All rhymes- CHRISTIAN14
- GUARDIAN10
- CIVILIAN13
- EGYPTIAN14
- POLITICIAN14
- LESBIAN9
- MEDIAN9
- MUSICIAN12
- COMEDIAN13
- HUMANITARIAN17
- HISTORIAN12
- VEGETARIAN14
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