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PHYSIC
purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient
(noun) a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
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.
(archaic, uncountable) The art or profession of healing disease; medicine.
(archaic, uncountable) Natural philosophy; physics.
(obsolete) A 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
Source: Wiktionary
Phys"ic, n. Etym: [OE. phisike, fisike, OF. phisique, F. physique knowledge of nature, physics, L. physica, physice, fr. Gr. be. See Be, and cf. Physics, Physique.]
1. The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine. "A doctor of physik." Chaucer.
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. [R.] Shak. Physic nut (Bot.), 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.
Phys"ic, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Physiced; p. pr. & vb. n. Physicking.]
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. Shak. A mind diseased no remedy can physic. Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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