PHYSIC

purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient

(noun) a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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