Thesaurus: physic

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1. n. The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine.
2. n. A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.
3. n. Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic.
4. n. A physician.
5. v. t. To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge.
6. v. t. To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure.
7. n. a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
8. 1. The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine. "A doctor of physik." Chaucer. 2. A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine. 3. Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic. 4. A physician. [R.] Shak. 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. 1. To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge. 2. To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure. The labor we delight in physics pain. Shak. A mind diseased no remedy can physic. Byron.
9. n:100 n a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels