physician

phy-si-cian · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A person qualified to practice medicine, especially one who specializes in diagnosis and non-surgical treatment.

Forms

plural: physicians

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    physician, heal thyself — An admonition to address one's own problems before criticizing others.

Related words

See also: doctor, medicine, surgeon
Synonyms: doctor, medical doctor, practitioner

Etymology

From Old French fisicien ("physician, doctor"), from fisique ("natural science, medicine"), from Latin physica, from Greek phusike ("natural science").