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  1. 1. n. The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A physician. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels Source: wordnet
  8. 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. Source: webster
  9. 9. n:100 n a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels Source: ecdict

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