adj
Meaning 1
Relating to or concerning existent materials; physical.
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Standard Lemma guide
physic
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fĭz′ĭk
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Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland: /ˈfɪz.ɪk/
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New-Zealand: /ˈfəz.ək/
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India: /ˈfiz.ik/
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rhymes with -ɪzɪk
noun
Meaning 2
A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative.
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Usage: archaic, countable
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noun
Meaning 3
The art or profession of healing disease; medicine.
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Usage: archaic, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Natural philosophy; physics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A physician.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 6
To cure or heal.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To administer medicine to, especially a purgative.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 8
a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: purgative, cathartic, aperient
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Broader terms: medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
Narrower terms: aloes, bitter aloes, castor oil, Epsom salts, laxative, milk of magnesia, Seidlitz powder, Seidlitz powders, Rochelle powder
History
Etymology
From Middle English phisik, from Latin physicus, from Ancient Greek φῠσῐκός (phŭsĭkós, “natural; physical”), from φύσις (phúsis, “origin, birth; nature, quality; form, shape; type, kind”), from φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō, “grow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bhuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”).
From Middle English fysike (noun) and phisiken, fisike (verb; from the noun), from Old French fisike (“natural science, art of healing”), from Latin physica (“study of nature”), from Ancient Greek φυσική (phusikḗ), feminine singular of φῠσῐκός (phŭsĭkós, “natural; physical”), see above.