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physic
[ fiz-ik ]
noun
- a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- any medicine; a drug or medicament.
- Archaic. the medical art or profession.
- Obsolete. natural science.
verb (used with object)
, phys·icked, phys·ick·ing.
- to treat with or act upon as a physic or medicine.
- to work upon as a medicine does; relieve or cure.
physic
/ ˈfɪzɪk /
noun
- rare.a medicine or drug, esp a cathartic or purge
- archaic.the art or skill of healing
- an archaic term for physics
verb
- archaic.tr to treat (a patient) with medicine
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Derived Forms
- ˈphysicky, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of physic1
First recorded in 1250–1300; (for the noun) Middle English fisyk(e), phisik(e), from Old French fisique, from Latin physica “natural science” ( Medieval Latin: “medical science”), from Greek physikḗ “science of nature,” noun use of feminine form of physikós “pertaining to nature,” from phýs(is) physis + -ikos -ic; verb derivative of the noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of physic1
C13: from Old French fisique, via Latin, from Greek phusikē, from phusis nature
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Example Sentences
Sir Robert Peel congratulated the house upon the noble lord's aversion to Mr. Wakley's physic.
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Either by physic forward or by clyster backward or both ways to get an easy and plentiful going to stool and breaking of wind.
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So home to supper and to bed, being troubled to find myself so bound as I am, notwithstanding all the physic that I take.
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The cow should be bled, and take a large dose of physic; then wash the udder as in caked bag.
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Scott had some knowledge of surgery and physic; so had Will Hodges, who had at one time been a schoolmaster.
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