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physician |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Physician \Phy*si"cian\, n. [OE. fisician fisicien OF physucien a physician, in F., a natural philosopher, an experimentalist in physics. See {Physic}.] 1. A person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one duty authorized to prescribe remedies for and treat, diseases; a doctor of medicine. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: physician n : a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor" [syn: {doctor}, {doc}, {MD}, {Dr.}, {medico}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: 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." From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: PHYSICIAN, n. One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well
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