physician
noun
a person who is legally qualified to practice medicine; doctor of medicine.
physicians
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pluralof physician.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Emergency physicians generally cannot provide the dental procedures needed to address the underlying problem, leaving some children with ongoing pain and infections.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
Oh, and while this adds up to about 1.5 million people working in healthcare administration — not counting all those working for the insurers — the actual number of physicians is only 750,000.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
The panel then modified its recommendation in 2018 to suggest physicians discuss risks and benefits of screenings with patients ages 55 to 69.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
“That’s essentially what scientists and physicians are,” Naughton said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
He believed that he was one of the few physicians still seeing the nearly 6,000 persons then ill with the fever.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
