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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.
- A medical doctor trained in human medicine.
- 1883, w:Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island, Treasure Island
- : The doctor had to go to London for a to take charge of his practice...
Etymology: From fisicien (physician) < fisique (art of healing) < Latin physica (natural science) < Greek (knowledge of nature) < (pertaining to nature) < (nature) < (to bring forth, to produce) < Proto-Indo-European base - bheu- (to exist, to grow).
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