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physic

Pronunciation: /ˈfɪz.ɪk/

The English word “physic” has 7 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Relating to or concerning existent materials; physical.

noun

  1. A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative.
  2. The art or profession of healing disease; medicine.
  3. Natural philosophy; physics.
  4. A physician.

verb

  1. To cure or heal.
  2. To administer medicine to, especially a purgative.

Etymology

From Middle English phisik, from Latin physicus, from Ancient Greek φῠσῐκός (phŭsĭkós, “natural; physical”), from φύσις (phúsis, “origin, birth; nature, quality; form, shape; type, kind”), from φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō, “grow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”).

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