fə̇ˈzishən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English fisicien, from Old French, from phisike, fisique medical science — more at physics
1. : a person skilled in the art of healing : one duly authorized to treat disease : a doctor of medicine — often distinguished from surgeon
2. : one who restores (as a troubled spirit or the body politic) : one exerting a remedial or salutary influence
a physician of the soul
nature as a physician
3. obsolete : natural philosopher , physicist