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a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders
you should always consult a physician if you develop a high fever
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Recent Examples of physicians
Founded by a pair of physicians, it was developed to grow plants that could be used to treat diseases, referred to as physic garden.
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Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
In fiscal year 2024, the Conrad 30 program filled 1,010 positions for physicians across the country, according to 3RNET.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 6 Sep. 2025
That’s how three American physicians described the Gaza Strip after spending several weeks treating the sick and wounded there last month.
—Brendan Rascius, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Founded in 1984 by physicians from the University of Minnesota, today UCare serves more than 600,000 members throughout Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 5 Sep. 2025
By denying the use of EMS physicians, Schultz is putting emergency patients at risk, King wrote.
—Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
But the search continues, and despite all those pitfalls, hospitals and physicians are using unapproved tests that are available to screen patients, often at exorbitant costs.
—Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
And, for the most part, physicians are covered by the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, so, more important, are pharmacists going to feel comfortable?
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2025
Alexandra said her physicians eventually diagnosed her with Mycoplasma pneumonia, a bacterial infection that mimics many symptoms of viral flu and pneumonia.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
In fiscal year 2024, the Conrad 30 program filled 1,010 positions for physicians across the country, according to 3RNET.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 6 Sep. 2025
That’s how three American physicians described the Gaza Strip after spending several weeks treating the sick and wounded there last month.
—Brendan Rascius, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Founded in 1984 by physicians from the University of Minnesota, today UCare serves more than 600,000 members throughout Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 5 Sep. 2025
By denying the use of EMS physicians, Schultz is putting emergency patients at risk, King wrote.
—Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
But the search continues, and despite all those pitfalls, hospitals and physicians are using unapproved tests that are available to screen patients, often at exorbitant costs.
—Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
And, for the most part, physicians are covered by the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, so, more important, are pharmacists going to feel comfortable?
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2025
Alexandra said her physicians eventually diagnosed her with Mycoplasma pneumonia, a bacterial infection that mimics many symptoms of viral flu and pneumonia.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for physicians
doctors
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Following the surgery, his body swelled dangerously, and his lungs collapsed, forcing doctors to place him on a ventilator.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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But everything changed when doctors tried a cutting-edge approach to pain management.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Physicians.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physicians. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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