Definition of PHYSICIAN

physician

Meanings

Plural: physicians

Noun

  • a licensed medical practitioner
  • 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.
  • A medical doctor trained in human medicine.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English fisicien, from Old French fisicïen (“physician”) (modern French physicien (“physicist”)), from fisique (“art of healing”), from Latin physica (“natural science”), from Ancient Greek φυσική ἐπιστήμη (phusikḗ epistḗmē, “knowledge of nature”), from φυσικός (phusikós, “pertaining to nature”). Displaced native Middle English læche, leche, archaic English leech (“physician”). Morphologically physic + -ian.

Synonyms

doc, doctor, Dr., leech, MD, medic, medical doctor, medician, medico, physic, physician

Scrabble Score: 19

physician is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
physician is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
physician is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

physician is a valid Words With Friends word