physician Definition
phy·si·cian (fi zis̸h′ən)
noun
- a person licensed to practice medicine; doctor of medicine
- any medical doctor other than one specializing in surgery
- any person or thing that heals, relieves, or comforts
Etymology: ME & OFr fisicien < L physica: see physic
physician Synonyms
physician Usage Examples
Converse of object
- consult: You should always seek prompt medical care for any specific health issue and consult a physician before starting a fitness regime.
- prescribe: The prescribing physician will need to weigh the option of alternative treatments in women who are pregnant or are planning to become pregnant.
- practice: Contributions have been provided by academics, practicing physicians, health care managers, and allied professionals.
- assist: Physician assisted suicide Doctors at the ARM voted to oppose physician assisted suicide.
- appoint: On 30 October 1705 he was appointed physician to Queen Anne.
Converse of subject
supervise: The use of Dioralyte Relief in patients with these conditions should be supervised by a physician.
Adjective modifier
- naturopathic: Get all your health questions answered from a licensed Naturopathic physician without the wait for an office visit.
- eminent: Two eminent physicians had consulted over his case without being able to give a name to the affection from which he suffered.
- non-network: Rules covering health plans mentally ill population would have removed to non-network physicians.
- occupational: Why do we have far fewer occupational physicians than our European neighbors?
- audiological: This may be an audiological physician, ENT specialist, or community pediatrician in audiology.
- licensed: Get all your health questions answered from a licensed Naturopathic physician without the wait for an office visit.
Modifies a noun
assistant: Subscription rates E-mail Alec Burnett for application forms Are you a medical student, pre MRCP(UK ) trainee or physicians assistant?
Noun used with modifier
- consultant: He's consultant chest physician at Bury district hospital.
- primary-care: If you have any questions about sleep problems, by all means discuss them with your primary-care physician.
- chest: Seek the advice of the patient's chest physician.
- transplant: These include the laboratory processing facility and the transplant physician.
- emergency: Having American Community Mutual Insurance Company a dilated of emergency physicians a quot frozen.
Possessives
house--i: She saw me coming down the steps of a physician's house--I suppose she mistook my camera case for a case of medicines.
Preposition: in
specialty: Standards of practice are set out for physicians in all specialties in Good Medical Practice for Physicians.
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