physician

noun

phy·si·cian | \ fə-ˈzi-shən

Definition of physician

1 : a person skilled in the art of healing specifically : one educated, clinically experienced, and licensed to practice medicine as usually distinguished from surgery

2 : one exerting a remedial or salutary influence

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Synonyms & Antonyms for physician

Synonyms

croaker [slang], doc, doctor, medic, medico, sawbones [slang]

Antonyms

nondoctor, nonphysician

Examples of physician in a Sentence

you should always consult a physician if you develop a high fever

Recent Examples on the Web

Albrecht, the German TV reporter, found that staff members, which included a physician and a fashion designer, had no training in journalism. — Seth Hettena, The New Republic, "The Obscure Newspaper Fueling the Far-Right in Europe," 17 Sep. 2019 Spend your lunch break with Kelsey-Seybold physicians and specialists at one of its Chat & Chew events Downtown. — Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, "Kelsey-Seybold hosting ‘Chat and Chew - All About Allergies’," 16 Sep. 2019 Renowned psychologist, physician and best-selling author Dr. Leonard Sax is coming to Harford County to discuss the addictive characteristics of social media and video games, and raising children in a society inundated with technology. — baltimoresun.com, "’Instagram Ate My Daughter, My Son Won’t Stop Playing Fortnite, What Can I Do?’ is topic of free presentation Sept. 19 in Bel Air," 15 Sep. 2019 The authors of this account of FDA corruption and bribery were both PMA executives fighting a rear-guard action as physicians and patients became increasingly comfortable with generic substitution. — Jeremy A. Greene, Washington Post, "After a scandal, a one-sided warning against generic drugs," 13 Sep. 2019 And the event is drawing physicians and other volunteers who work for Ascension Wisconsin from as far as Rhinelander. — Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Ascension Wisconsin to provide free medical exams, dental care Saturday at North Division High School," 13 Sep. 2019 Gerard Karsenty, a physician and geneticist at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, started his work on osteocalcin more than 20 years ago. — Diana Kwon, Scientific American, "Fight or Flight May Be In Our Bones," 12 Sep. 2019 Instead, individual insurance companies negotiate prices with hospitals and physicians and drug makers. — Los Angeles Times, "Americans’ struggles with medical bills are a foreign concept in other countries," 12 Sep. 2019 Simmonds, vice president and chief medical officer of AdventHealth East Orlando, and a team of surgeons, emergency medicine physicians and engineers traveled to the Abaco Islands last weekend to help with the relief efforts. — Naseem S. Miller, orlandosentinel.com, "After Hurricane Dorian, AdventHealth, Orlando Health doctors fly to the Bahamas to help," 11 Sep. 2019

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