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noun

ˈfi-zik How to pronounce physic (audio)
Definition of physicnext
as in medicine
a substance or preparation used to treat disease the museum has an exhibit on some of the strange physics that were once used to cure disease

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verb

as in to care (for)

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  1. medicine
  2. treat
  3. drug
  4. nurse
  5. medication
  6. cure
  7. remedy
  8. doctor
Noun
  • That convergence is drawing together businesses that once occupied separate corners of the market, from consumer staples companies selling food to biotech firms developing medicines and veterinary providers offering increasingly sophisticated care.
    — Elsa Ohlen,Carolin Roth, CNBC, 18 July 2026
  • Adam Farren is the CEO of Canvas Medical, an EMR company accelerating everyday medicine.
    — Adam Farren, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of medicine
Verb
  • This initiative aims to identify and voluntarily treat testosterone deficiencies, which naturally occur as levels decline after age 30.
    — Nina Shapiro, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • She was then transported to the hospital to be treated for symptoms of chemical exposure.
    — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of treat
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  • Too fearful of discrimination to go to hospitals for antiretroviral drugs, many transgender people have stopped taking them — significantly increasing their risk of transmission.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • Novo sues Lilly amid escalating weight-loss rivalry Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk sued Eli Lilly on Tuesday, accusing the US drug giant of misleading advertising practices.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of drug
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  • Bordelon first learned about nursing through his aunt, who was a nurse.
    — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 21 July 2026
  • South Korean retail investors who piled into leveraged bets on the country’s AI champions are nursing steep losses, exposing the risks of the speculative trading boom that helped fuel one of the world’s hottest equity markets.
    — Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 21 July 2026
Definition of nurse
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  • Clancy’s doctors took her on and off medications to treat the depression, which her attorney has said worsened her symptoms.
    — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • The bags contained three new iPhones, our rental car key, medication, jewelry, licenses, credit cards and other valuables.
    — Josh Rivera, USA Today, 19 July 2026
Definition of medication
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  • The water has more than 1,000 pounds of Epsom salt, creating more buoyancy than the Dead Sea, but without curing your skin to jerky.
    — Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
  • The film frames spirituality as both a visceral response to injustice, and an unquenchable thirst to cure it.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 July 2026
Definition of cure
Noun
  • From the start, this modification of the remedies was on shaky ground.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
  • Notification letters about the safety risk will be mailed in late August, and an additional notice about the remedy will be sent out at a later date, the agency noted.
    — Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 14 July 2026
Definition of remedy
Verb
  • Several subsequent investigations into the Russia probe have identified multiple errors into how it was conducted, and a former FBI lawyer pleaded guilty in 2020 to doctoring an email during the course of the inquiry.
    — Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • The fake image claimed the official Nintendo names for the blocks were Orange Ricky, Blue Ricky, Cleveland Z, Rhode Island Z, Hero, Teewee, and Smashboy — but the image had been doctored.
    — Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026
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“Physic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physic. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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