physic

Meaning

Adj

Relating to or concerning existent materials; physical.

Noun

1. (archaic, countable) A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative.
2. (archaic, uncountable) The art or profession of healing disease; medicine.
3. (archaic, uncountable) Natural philosophy; physics.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A physician.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cure or heal.
2. (transitive) To administer medicine to, especially a purgative.

Synonyms

purgative

aperient

cathartic

laxative

purge

healing

cure

care

therapy

treatment

doctor’s stuff

medicine

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dose

Translations

laxante

hekimlik

laxant

Abführmittel

Behandlung

Kur

Therapie

physikalisch

αγωγή

θεραπεία

αντιμετώπιση

ιατρικό

καθάρσιο

médecine

💊

purgant

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɪzɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: phisik

Inherited from Middle English: fysike

In summary

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”).