physician
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /fɪˈzɪʃən/
physician (plural physicians)
- 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.
- 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326 ↗:
- His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; […].
- A medical doctor trained in human medicine.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- The doctor had to go to London for a physician to take charge of his practice […].
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- See also Thesaurus:physician
- French: médecin, femme médecin, docteur
- German: Arzt, Ärztin, Mediziner, Medizinerin, Doktor, Doktorin
- Italian: medico, dottore, dottoressa, dottore in medicina
- Portuguese: doutor, doutora, médico, , médica
- Russian: врач
- Spanish: médico, médica, facultativo
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