A person who is trained and qualified to practise medicine; esp. one who practises medicine as opposed to surgery.
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] (249) physician?c1225 A person who is trained and qualified to practise medicine; esp. one who practises medicine as opposed to surgery. leecherc1374 One who ‘leeches’; a physician. practiserc1387 A practitioner of medicine or surgery; a physician, a surgeon; = practitioner, n. 1a. Obsolete. doctora1400 Originally: an authority on medicine; a person who holds the highest class of degree awarded by the faculty of medicine of a university (cf. Doctor o… flesh-leecha1400 a physician for the body. leechman14.. attributive and in other combinations, as leech-fee n. ‘a physician's fee’ (Cent. Dict.). leech-house n. Obsolete a hospital. leechman n. †a… mediciner?a1425 A physician, a healer; a practitioner or teacher of medicine; spec. †(the title of) the Professor of Medicine at King's College, Aberdeen (obsolete… miria1425 A physician. M.D.1425 Doctor of Medicine (see D, n. initialisms 3); (often colloquial) a person holding the degree of M.D., a physician. medicine?c1450 A medical practitioner. Also figurative. practitioner?1543 A person engaged in the practice of medicine; a physician, surgeon, pharmacist, etc. Cf. practiser, n. 1a. minister1559 A person who administers medicine; a physician. Obsolete. doc1563 A doctor (in later use almost always a medical doctor). Also as a title and a form of address. artist1565 A person skilled in medicine; a physician, a surgeon. Obsolete. medicus1570 A doctor, a physician. medicianera1578 A physician. Also: a university professor of medicine. Aesculapius1586 A physician. Dra1593 As a graphic abbreviation, chiefly preceding a name: = doctor, n. pisspot1592 depreciative. A physician. See also compounds 2. Obsolete. medician1597 A physician. physicianer1598 = physician, n. 1. medicinary1599 A medical practitioner, a doctor. pisspot1600 As a mocking epithet of a physician (cf. sense 2). Obsolete. velvet-cap1602 one who wears a cap of velvet; a physician or student. healer1611 One who heals (wounds, diseases, the sick, etc.); a leach, doctor; also, one who heals spiritual infirmities; in early use, Saviour = healend, n. Galena1616 A celebrated physician of the 2nd century a.d., born at Pergamus in Asia Minor. Hence, jocularly: A physician. physiner1616 = physician, n. 1a. clyster1621 A contemptuous name for a medical practitioner (cf. clyster-pipe, n.). Obsolete. clyster-pipe1622 A contemptuous name for a doctor. hakim1623 In the Middle East and South Asia: a doctor, a physician; (in later use) spec. one practising traditional medicine. medic1625 Originally literary. Now colloquial. A physician, a medical practitioner; a military or civilian paramedical worker. Also: a medical student. practicant1630 A person who practises or makes a practice of a technique, procedure, skill, etc.; a practitioner; (formerly) spec. †a medical practitioner (obsolete… medico1647 A medical practitioner; a medical officer. Also: a medical student. Now chiefly slang or humorous (exc. South Asian). physicker1649 a person who administers medicine; a physician. physicster1689 a medicinal practitioner. Aesculapian1694 A physician, a medical practitioner; = Aesculapius, n. Now rare (in later use chiefly humorous). nim-gimmer1699 A physician (see quot. 1699). pill-monger1706 = pill-peddler n. medical man1784 a (male) medical practitioner (physician, surgeon, etc.). meester1812 A doctor. Now historical. medical1823 colloquial. A medical practitioner, medical officer, or medical student. pill-gilder1824 a person who prepares medicines; a doctor or pharmacist. therapeutist1830 One skilled in therapeutics; a physician. pill1835 slang (chiefly Military). A doctor, a surgeon; a medical officer or orderly. Frequently in plural as a form of address. pill roller1843 a person who or thing which rolls pills, spec. (derogatory slang, chiefly U.S.) a doctor; (U.S. Military slang) a member of the medical corps, a… med1851 = medic, n.1 pill-peddler1855 a doctor or pharmacist. therapeutic1858 A doctor. squirt1859 slang. (See quot. 1859.) medicine man1866 Chiefly colloquial. A doctor, a medical practitioner (often with humorous allusion to sense 1). pill pusher1879 a doctor; (U.S. Military) a member of the medical corps, a medical orderly. therapist1886 One who practises in therapy, now esp. psychotherapy. doser1888 one who (or that which) gives a dose: used contemptuously for a physician. internist1894 A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of medical (as opposed to surgical or obstetrical) diseases of adults. Cf. internal med… pill-shooter1911 a doctor. whitecoat1911 A person whose uniform includes or is distinguished by a white coat. A doctor or hospital attendant. Cf. men in white coats n. at man, n.1 phrases 3d. quack1919 Originally Australian and New Zealand. A doctor (with no implication that he or she is unqualified); a physician, a surgeon; (Military) a medical… vet1925 slang. A medical doctor. Now somewhat rare. Subcategories:— office or position of (3) — collectively (3) — female (6) — duly qualified (3) — ignorant or untrained (20) — hospital or clinic physician (20) — panel physician (3) — military physician (10) — consultant physician (1) — locum (4) — of specific schools or theoretical standpoints (56) — advocating specific treatments (20) — attending specific patients (7) — examiner (3) — diagnostician (13) — using specific instrument (5) — following obsolete practices (1) — prescribing short-term palliatives (2) — flying or parachuting doctors (2) — specialist in community medicine (1) — others (7) — physician's personality (1) |
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