physic
a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
any medicine; a drug or medicament.
Archaic. the medical art or profession.
Obsolete. natural science.
to treat with or act upon as a physic or medicine.
to work upon as a medicine does; relieve or cure.
Origin of physic
1Words that may be confused with physic
- physic , physique
Words Nearby physic
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How to use physic in a sentence
Between our official classes, we members of Gerace’s tiny physics guild taught ourselves relativity, quantum mechanics, and other mysteries and beauties of modern physics, under the master’s guidance.
Five Scientists on the Heroes Who Changed Their Lives - Issue 93: Forerunners | Alan Lightman, Hope Jahren, Robert Sapolsky, | December 2, 2020 | NautilusThe natural processes on Earth and in the universe have produced only a small sample of the full menu of molecules and forms of matter, and consequently of the corresponding laws of physics they will have to obey.
Unfortunately, the laws of physics seemed to suggest otherwise.
When Einstein Tilted at Windmills - Issue 93: Forerunners | Amanda Gefter | November 18, 2020 | NautilusThe phenomena of physics are always expressed in terms of how one set of measurable numbers behaves when other sets of measurable numbers are held fixed or varied.
Why Physics Can’t Tell Us What Life Is - Issue 92: Frontiers | Jeremy England | October 21, 2020 | NautilusThere’s a multitude of complex physics involved, and who knows how true-to-science the scene is, but getting the details right to successfully grab something in space certainly isn’t easy.
NASA’s About to Try Grabbing a Chunk of Asteroid to Bring to Earth—and You Can Watch | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | October 16, 2020 | Singularity Hub
Sir Robert Peel congratulated the house upon the noble lord's aversion to Mr. Wakley's physic.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanEither by physic forward or by clyster backward or both ways to get an easy and plentiful going to stool and breaking of wind.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysSo home to supper and to bed, being troubled to find myself so bound as I am, notwithstanding all the physic that I take.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysThe cow should be bled, and take a large dose of physic; then wash the udder as in caked bag.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. AllenScott had some knowledge of surgery and physic; so had Will Hodges, who had at one time been a schoolmaster.
Witch, Warlock, and Magician | William Henry Davenport Adams
British Dictionary definitions for physic
/ (ˈfɪzɪk) /
rare a medicine or drug, esp a cathartic or purge
archaic the art or skill of healing
an archaic term for physics (def. 1)
(tr) archaic to treat (a patient) with medicine
Origin of physic
1Derived forms of physic
- physicky, adjective
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