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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024phys•ic (fiz′ik),USA pronunciation n., v., -icked, -ick•ing. n. - Drugsa medicine that purges;
cathartic;
laxative. - Drugsany medicine;
a drug or medicament. - Drugs[Archaic.]the medical art or profession.
- Drugs[Obs.]See natural science.
v.t. - Drugsto treat with or act upon as a physic or medicine.
- Drugsto work upon as a medicine does;
relieve or cure.
- Greek physiké̄ science of nature, noun, nominal use of feminine adjective, adjectival: pertaining to nature (akin to phŷlon tribe, phylon); (verb, verbal) Middle English, derivative of the noun, nominal
- Latin physica natural science (Medieval Latin: medical science)
- Old French fisique)
- (noun, nominal) Middle English fisyk(e), phisik(e) (1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: physic /ˈfɪzɪk/ n - rare a medicine or drug, esp a cathartic or purge
- archaic the art or skill of healing
vb ( -ics, -icking, -icked)- (transitive) archaic to treat (a patient) with medicine
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French fisique, via Latin, from Greek phusikē, from phusis nature |