physician

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  can   cause   serious   injuries ",  the   physician   explained   to the   patient .

"Quallen können schwere Verletzungen verursachen", erklärte der Arzt dem Patienten.

(Englisch)

  1. A practitioner of physic, i.e. a specialist in internal medicine, especially as opposed to a surgeon; a practitioner who treats with medication rather than with surgery.
  2. A medical doctor trained in human medicine.

Frequenz

C1
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/fɪˈzɪʃən/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English fisicien, from Old French fisicïen (“physician”) (modern French physicien (“physicist”)), from fisique (“art of healing”), from Latin physica (“natural science”), from Ancient Greek φυσική ἐπιστήμη (phusikḗ epistḗmē, “knowledge of nature”), from φυσικός (phusikós, “pertaining to nature”). Displaced native Middle English læche, leche, archaic English leech (“physician”). Morphologically physic + -ian.

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