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physician

[ fi-zish-uhn ]

noun

  1. a person who is legally qualified to practice medicine; doctor of medicine.
  2. a person engaged in general medical practice, as distinguished from one specializing in surgery.
  3. a person who is skilled in the art of healing.


physician

/ ´Úɪˈ³úɪʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. a person legally qualified to practise medicine, esp one specializing in areas of treatment other than surgery; doctor of medicine
  2. archaic.
    any person who treats diseases; healer
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of physician1

1175–1225; physic + -ian ( -ician ); replacing Middle English fisicien < Old French
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of physician1

C13: from Old French fisicien, from fisique physic
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So they sent the four-time Emmy nominee to the physician they said had “coined the phrase†stiff person syndrome, a doctor who was “the†expert in the field, hoping for a definitive diagnosis.

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After picking Oz to lead CMS, Trump said in a statement there "there may be no physician more qualified and capable...to make America healthy again".

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Before she was approved for Maid, April was assessed by two independent physicians who were required to inform her of ways to alleviate her suffering and offer alternative treatments.

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This “immune amnesia,†physicians say, leaves patients vulnerable to reccurrences of diseases their immune cells were previously able to resist.

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Under California law, he is what is known as the attending physician who must confirm, in addition to a second doctor, that Wayne is eligible for aid in dying.

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