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Synonyms for physician

Grammar : Noun
Spell : fi-zish-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : fɪˈzɪʃ ən

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Définition of physician

Origin :
  • early 13c., fisicien "a healer, a medical practitioner," from Old French fisiciien "physician, doctor, sage" (12c., Modern French physicien means "physicist"), from fisique "art of healing," from Latin physica "natural science" (see physic). Distinguished from surgeon from c.1400. The ph- spelling attested from late 14c. (see ph).
  • noun person trained in medical science
Example sentences :
  • I'm forty-two and not so much of a fool that I ain't a little bit of a physician.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Hope bade one and another run for a physician, but nobody stirred.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • The physician replied that it was not far enough advanced for an operation.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • A physician was immediately summoned, who ordered my shackles removed.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • Do you not intend, Sir, to push his way at court, and obtain for him the post of physician there?
  • Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
  • The window was raised, and the situation speedily explained to the physician.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • My physician and my guardian, not knowing what else to do with me, sent me abroad.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • The physician said a little in the way of reproof and admonition, and left me.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The next day, when the physician visited him, he found the fever had returned.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

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