- a doctor, especially one who is a specialist in general medicine and not surgery
- Dr Dennett is a practicing family physician in Atlanta.
- Please consult your physician before beginning any new exercise program.
Extra ExamplesTopics Healthcarec1- He became the President's personal physician.
- He was physician to George Washington.
- physician to the Duke of Albemarle
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- family
- general
- hospital
- …
- physician to
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French fisicien, based on Latin physica ‘things relating to nature’, from Greek phusikē (epistēmē) ‘(knowledge) of nature’.Definitions on the go
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