Physic
Physic (fiz"ik) , noun
[Old English phisike, fisike, Old French phisique, French physique knowledge of nature, physics, Latin physica, physice, from Greek fysikh`, from fysiko`s natural, from fy`sis nature, from fy`ein to produce, grow, akin to English be. See Be, and compare Physics, Physique.]
1.
The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine; -- an archaic term, superseded by medicine. [archaic]
A doctor of physik.
2.
A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.
3.
Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic.
4.
A physician. [Rare] — Shakespeare
Collocations (1)
Physic nut (Botany) , a small tropical American euphorbiaceous tree (Jatropha Curcas), and its seeds, which are well flavored, but contain a drastic oil which renders them dangerous if eaten in large quantities.
Physic (fiz"ik) , transitive verb
1.
To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge.
2.
To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure.
The labor we delight in physics pain.
A mind diseased no remedy can physic.