physician
noun /fɪˈzɪʃn/
/fɪˈzɪʃn/
(especially North American English)- 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 Medicinec1- 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’.