physician
/fəˈzɪʃən/ noun B2- A practitioner of physic, i.e. a specialist in internal medicine, especially as opposed to a surgeon; a practitioner who treats with medication rather than with surgery.
- A medical doctor trained in human medicine.
Plural physicians
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“Yes,” said the physician, “I repeat it; she is still alive, and I am astonished at it.”
It glistened with such extraordinary joy, so rich and full of thought, that the physician was struck.
“Just the same as though you prayed that a physician might only be called upon to prescribe for headaches, measles, and the stings of wasps, or any other slight affection of the epidermis.
If you wish to see me the king’s attorney, you must desire for me some of those violent and dangerous diseases from the cure of which so much honor redounds to the physician.”
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