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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
physician
    n 1: a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to
         see my doctor" [syn: doctor, doc, physician, MD,
         Dr., medico]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Physician \Phy*si"cian\ (f[i^]*z[i^]sh"an), n. [OE. fisician,
   fisicien, OF. physucien, a physician, in F., a natural
   philosopher, an experimentalist in physics. See Physic.]
   1. A person skilled in medicine, or the art of healing;
      especially, one trained and licensed to treat illness and
      prescribe medicines; a doctor of medicine.
      [1913 Webster + PJC]

   2. Hence, figuratively, one who ministers to moral diseases;
      as, a physician of the soul.
      [1913 Webster]

3. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Physician
   Asa, afflicted with some bodily malady, "sought not to the Lord
   but to the physicians" (2 Chr. 16:12). The "physicians" were
   those who "practised heathen arts of magic, disavowing
   recognized methods of cure, and dissociating the healing art
   from dependence on the God of Israel. The sin of Asa was not,
   therefore, in seeking medical advice, as we understand the
   phrase, but in forgetting Jehovah."
   

4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
PHYSICIAN. One lawfully engaged in the practice of medicine. 
     2. A physician in England cannot recover for fees, as his practice is 
altogether honorary. Peake C. N. P. 96, 123; 4 T. R. 317. 
     3. But in Pennsylvania, and perhaps in all the United States, he may 
recover for his services. 5 Serg. & Rawle, 416. The law implies, therefore, 
a contract on the part of a medical man, as well as those of other 
professions, to discharge their duty in a skillful and attentive manner; and 
the law will redress the party injured by their neglect or ignorance. 1 
Saund. 312, R; 1 Ld. Raym. 213; 2 Wils. 359; 8 East, 348. 
     4. They are sometimes answerable criminally for mala praxis. (q.v.) 2 
Russ. on Cr. 288; Ayl. Pand. 213; Com. Dig. h.t. Vin. Ab. h.t. 



5. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
PHYSICIAN, n.  One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs
when well.


Thesaurus Results for Physician:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Doctor of Medicine, GP, MD, Md, allopath, allopathist, attending physician, bones, coroner, country doctor, croaker, doc, doctor, family doctor, general practitioner, house physician, intern, leech, man, medic, medical, medical attendant, medical examiner, medical man, medical practitioner, medico, physician in ordinary, practitioner, resident, resident physician, sawbones, specialist, surgeon
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