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physic
English
Alternative forms
- physick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English fysike, from Old French fisike (“natural science, art of healing”), from Latin physica (“study of nature”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (phusik?), feminine singular of ??????? (phusikós, “natural”). Regarding the adjective, compare Latin physicus (“physical, natural”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?z?k/
- Rhymes: -?z?k
Adjective
physic (comparative more physic, superlative most physic)
- Relating to or concerning existent materials; physical.
Noun
physic (countable and uncountable, plural physics)
- (archaic, countable) A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 34:
- Nor can thy shame give physic to my grief.
- 1609, King James Version, Sirach 18:19:
- Learn before thou speak, and use physick or ever thou be sick.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 34:
- (archaic, uncountable) The art or profession of healing disease; medicine.
- 1743, Stephen Hales, A Description of Ventilators p. xiii.
- ...and thus draw out all the unwholesome Air and Stench, which does more harm than any Physick can repair.
- 1743, Stephen Hales, A Description of Ventilators p. xiii.
- (archaic, uncountable) Natural philosophy; physics.
- (obsolete) A physician.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 147:
- Desire is death, which physic did except.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 147:
Derived terms
- physician
Verb
physic (third-person singular simple present physics, present participle physicking, simple past and past participle physicked)
- (transitive) To cure or heal.
- (transitive) To administer medicine to, especially a purgative.
Anagrams
- scyphi
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phasic
English
Etymology
phase +? -ic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fe?z?k/
- Rhymes: -e?z?k
Adjective
phasic (comparative more phasic, superlative most phasic)
- Of or relating to phase
- (physiology) Describing the discontinuous activity of excitable cells or tissues
Derived terms
- biphasic
- phasically
- triphasic
Anagrams
- Pichas, capish, chipas
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