单词 | physic |
释义 | physic /fiz"ik/, n. , v. , physicked, physicking. n. 1. a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative. 2. any medicine; a drug or medicament. 3. Archaic. the medical art or profession. 4. Obs. See natural science. v.t. 5. to treat with or act upon as a physic or medicine. 6. to work upon as a medicine does; relieve or cure. [1250-1300; (n.) ME fisyk(e), phisik(e) ( < OF fisique) < L physica natural science (ML: medical science) < Gk physiké science of nature, n. use of fem. adj.: pertaining to nature (akin to phylon tribe, PHYLON); (v.) ME, deriv. of the n.] |
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