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physician
noun
a
person
who
is
trained
and
licensed
to
diagnose
illnesses
and
treat
people
who
are
sick
or
injured
;
a
medical
doctor
•
The
physician
examined
the
patient's
heartbeat
with
a
stethoscope
.
The
physician
examined
the
patient's
heartbeat
with
a
stethoscope
.
•
After
breaking
her
arm
,
Lily
went
to
see
a
physician
at
the
city
hospital
.
After
breaking
her
arm
,
Lily
went
to
see
a
physician
at
the
city
hospital
.
Middle
English
phisicien
,
from
Old
French
,
from
physicien
“
natural
philosopher
”,
from
Latin
physica
“
natural
science
”.
Over
time
the
meaning
narrowed
to
a
medical
doctor
.
noun
(
archaic
or
literary
)
a
healer
or
any
force
that
cures
sickness
or
solves
problems
•
They
believed
that
time
would
be
the
best
physician
.
They
believed
that
time
would
be
the
best
physician
.
•
The
wise
physician
mixed
fragrant
herbs
to
cure
the
nobleman
.
The
wise
physician
mixed
fragrant
herbs
to
cure
the
nobleman
.
Same
origin
as
the
modern
sense
;
earlier
English
used
the
word
broadly
for
anyone
or
anything
that
brought
healing
.
