Found 3 items, similar to Physic.
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Definition: physic
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: physic
physic
n : a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
[syn:
purgative,
cathartic,
aperient]
[also:
physicking,
physicked]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Physic
Physic
\Phys"ic\, n. [OE. phisike, fisike, OF. phisique, F.
physique knowledge of nature, physics, L. physica, physice,
fr. Gr. ?, fr. fysiko`s natural, from fy`sis nature, fr. ? to
produce, grow, akin to E. be. See
Be, and cf.
Physics,
Physique.]
1. The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the
theory or practice of medicine.
“A doctor of physik.”
--Chaucer.
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2. A specific internal application for the cure or relief of
sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.
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3. Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic.
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4. A physician. [R.] --Shak.
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Physic nut (Bot.), a small tropical American euphorbiaceous
tree (
Jatropha Curcas), and its seeds, which are well
flavored, but contain a drastic oil which renders them
dangerous if eaten in large quantities.
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Physic
\Phys"ic\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Physiced; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Physicking.]
1. To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine
to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to
purge.
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2. To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure.
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The labor we delight in physics pain. --Shak.
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A mind diseased no remedy can physic. --Byron.
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