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physic::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aperient, cathartic, purgative |
| Type of | medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine |
| Has types | laxative, milk of magnesia, rochelle powder, seidlitz powder, aloes, seidlitz powders, bitter aloes, castor oil, epsom salts |
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Hence, in the 16th century, physic meant roughly what internal medicine does now.
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They all had that slightly chunky physic, which gives huge jumps, and also a foxy face.
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The infirmary for sick monks, with the physician's house and physic garden, lies to the east.
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What fun it could be to see Kurt Cobain come through a physic medium.
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For several years he practised both physic and surgery at Nottingham.
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Those who refuse to farm physic nut face possible jail time.
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I just smiled because how he described their thinking was how I perceive the physic minded individual.
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Mathematical SkillsCandidate should have the ability to apply concepts of basic physic and algebra.
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Graduating from the gymnasium in 1907, he entered the physic-mathematics faculty of Kiev University.
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- Purgative: a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
- A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative; The art or profession of healing disease; medicine; To cure or heal; to treat or administer medicine, especially to purge
- [From Latin physica and Greek phusike through Old French fisique] 1 Natural science. 2 The art or practice of healing. Medical people collectively. 3 Medical treatment; fig. a healthy practice or habit; a mental, moral, or spiritual remedy. 4 Medicine; specifically, a cathartic. ...
- Comes from the Latin word for "study of nature," so it's unclear how it came to mean a "purging medicine." An almost-synonym is "cathartic," although that word is usually used to describe an emotional purging- like a good cry- rather than physical one. ...
- Drug prescribed by a physician
- A medicinal preparation
