Physician

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Physician \Phy*si"cian\ (f[i^]*z[i^]sh"an), n. [OE. fisician,
     fisicien, OF. physucien, a physician, in F., a natural
     philosopher, an experimentalist in physics. See {Physic}.]
     1. A person skilled in medicine, or the art of healing;
        especially, one trained and licensed to treat illness and
        prescribe medicines; a doctor of medicine.


        [1913 Webster + PJC]
  
     2. Hence, figuratively, one who ministers to moral diseases;
        as, a physician of the soul.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  physician
       n : a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to
           see my doctor" [syn: {doctor}, {doc}, {MD}, {Dr.}, {medico}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "physician":
     Doctor of Medicine, GP, MD, Md, allopath, allopathist,
     attending physician, bones, coroner, country doctor, croaker, doc,
     doctor, family doctor, general practitioner, house physician,
     intern, leech, man, medic, medical, medical attendant,
     medical examiner, medical man, medical practitioner, medico,
     physician in ordinary, practitioner, resident, resident physician,
     sawbones, specialist, surgeon
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Physician
     Asa, afflicted with some bodily malady, "sought not to the Lord
     but to the physicians" (2 Chr. 16:12). The "physicians" were
     those who "practised heathen arts of magic, disavowing
     recognized methods of cure, and dissociating the healing art
     from dependence on the God of Israel. The sin of Asa was not,
     therefore, in seeking medical advice, as we understand the
     phrase, but in forgetting Jehovah."
     

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PHYSICIAN. One lawfully engaged in the practice of medicine. 
       2. A physician in England cannot recover for fees, as his practice is 
  altogether honorary. Peake C. N. P. 96, 123; 4 T. R. 317. 
       3. But in Pennsylvania, and perhaps in all the United States, he may 
  recover for his services. 5 Serg. & Rawle, 416. The law implies, therefore, 
  a contract on the part of a medical man, as well as those of other 
  professions, to discharge their duty in a skillful and attentive manner; and 
  the law will redress the party injured by their neglect or ignorance. 1 
  Saund. 312, R; 1 Ld. Raym. 213; 2 Wils. 359; 8 East, 348. 
       4. They are sometimes answerable criminally for mala praxis. (q.v.) 2 
  Russ. on Cr. 288; Ayl. Pand. 213; Com. Dig. h.t. Vin. Ab. h.t. 
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  PHYSICIAN, n.  One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs
  when well.