physic

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(fĭz'ĭk) pronunciation
n.
  1. A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic.
  2. Archaic. The art or profession of medicine.
tr.v., -icked, -ick·ing, -ics.
  1. To act on as a cathartic.
  2. To cure or heal.
  3. To treat with or as if with medicine.

[Middle English phisik, from Old French fisique, medical science, natural science, from Latin, natural science, from Greek phusikē, feminine of phusikos, of nature, from phusis, nature.]


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noun

    An agent used to restore health: cure, elixir, medicament, medication, medicine, nostrum, remedy. See health/sickness.

verb

    To administer or add a drug to: dose, drug, medicate, narcotize, opiate. Informal dope (up). See drugs/temperance.

1. the art of medicine and therapeutics.
2. a medicine, especially a cathartic. See also purging ball.

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  • PHARMACOLOGY - physic: medicine or remedy, esp. laxative or cathartic


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lægemiddel
v. tr. - lindre

idioms:

  • physic garden    have hvor der dyrkes lægeurter

Nederlands (Dutch)
geneeskunde, het medische beroep, medicijn (toedienen), een purgeermiddel geven

Français (French)
n. - médecine, médicament
v. tr. - soigner (arch), agir comme un cathartique, guérir/cicatriser

idioms:

  • physic garden    jardin de plantes médicinales

Deutsch (German)
n. - Heilkunde, Medikament
v. - mit Arzneimitteln behandeln

idioms:

  • physic garden    Heilkräutergarten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γιατρικό, φάρμακο
v. - χορηγώ καθαρτικό

idioms:

  • physic garden    κήπος όπου καλλιεργούνται θεραπευτικά βότανα, βοτανόκηπος

Italiano (Italian)
fisica, scienza medica, curare

idioms:

  • physic garden    orto medicinale

Português (Portuguese)
n. - medicina (f), remédio (m), purgante (m)
v. - curar, medicar, dar purgante

idioms:

  • physic garden    horta de remédios naturais

Русский (Russian)
медицина, лекарство, излечивать

idioms:

  • physic garden    сад для выращивания целебных растений

Español (Spanish)
n. - medicina, medicamento, remedio, purga
v. tr. - medicinar, curar, purgar

idioms:

  • physic garden    cultivo de plantas medicinales

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - läkekonst, läkarvetenskap
v. - behandla m medicin

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
医学, 泻药, 医术, 给...服药, 治愈

idioms:

  • physic garden    药园, 药用植物种植园, 植物园

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 醫學, 瀉藥, 醫術
v. tr. - 給...服藥, 治癒

idioms:

  • physic garden    藥園, 藥用植物種植園, 植物園

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 약(특히, 하제), 의술
v. tr. - ...에게 약을 먹이다, 하제를 쓰다, 고치다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 薬
v. - 薬を飲ませる, 治療する, 下剤をかける
adj. - 生理学の, 生理的な

idioms:

  • physic garden    薬草菜園

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طب, علاج, مسهل (فعل) يداوي, يعالج, يطبب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אמנות הריפוי, מקצוע הרפואה, תרופה‬
v. tr. - ‮נתן תרופה‬


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