physical

Meaning

Noun

1. Physical examination.
2. A physical manifestation of psychic origin, as through ectoplasmic solidification.

Adj

1. (obsolete) Of medicine.
2. (obsolete) Of medicine.
3. (obsolete) Of medicine.
4. Of matter and nature.
5. Of matter and nature.
6. Of matter and nature.
7. Of the human body.
8. Of the human body.
9. Of the human body.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɪzɪkəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin physicālis, from Latin physica (“study of nature”), from Ancient Greek φυσική (phusikḗ), feminine singular of φυσικός (phusikós, “natural; physical”), from φύσις (phúsis, “origin, birth; nature, quality; form, shape; type, kind”), from φῠ́ω (phúō, “grow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”).

Sentences

In them she shares her discouragement at her physical decline and progressive blindness .