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Definitions for Physic

[1] a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
[2] any medicine; a drug or medicament.
[3] Archaic . the medical art or profession.
[4] Obsolete . natural science.
[5] to treat with or act upon as a physic or medicine.
[6] to work upon as a medicine does; relieve or cure.
[7] rare a medicine or drug, esp a cathartic or purge
[8] archaic the art or skill of healing
[9] an archaic term for physics (def. 1)
[10] (tr) archaic to treat (a patient) with medicine

Words related to Physic

medication, help, corrective, alleviation, antidote, redress, nostrum, recovery, assistance, panacea, treatment, medicine, reparation, remedy, healing, elixir, medicament, drug, aid, fix

Words nearby Physic

physeal, physi-, physiatrics, physiatrist, physiatry, physic, physic nut, physical, physical allergy, physical anthropology, physical capital

Origin of Physic

1250–1300; (noun) Middle English fisyk(e ), phisik(e ) (< Old French fisique ) < Latin physica natural science (Medieval Latin: medical science) < Greek physikḗ science of nature, noun use of feminine adj.: pertaining to nature (akin to phŷlon tribe, phylon); (v.) Middle English, derivative of the noun

Words that may be confused with Physic

physic, physique

Word origin for Physic

C13: from Old French fisique, via Latin, from Greek phusikē, from phusis nature

Synonyms for Physic

aid, alleviation, antidote, assistance, catholicon, corrective, countermeasure, drug, elixir, fix, healing, help, medicament, medication, medicine, nostrum, panacea, placebo, proprietary, recovery, redress, remedy, reparation, therapeutic, treatment, counteractant, counteragent, elixir vitae, healing agent, medicant, pharmacon, quick fix, restora-tive