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Physic
/ˈfɪzɪk/
A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative.
📖 Definitions of "Physic"
- 1
A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative.
- 2
The art or profession of healing disease; medicine.
- 3
Natural philosophy; physics.
- 4
A physician.
- 1
To cure or heal.
- 2
To administer medicine to, especially a purgative.
- 1
Relating to or concerning existent materials; physical.
🔄 Synonyms of "Physic"
4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| catharticnoun | That which releases emotional tension, especially after an overwhelming experience. |
| aperientnoun | (medicine) Having a gentle laxative effect. |
| purgativenoun | something, such as a substance or medicine, that purges; laxative |
| laxativenoun | Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Physic"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| purgativenoun | something, such as a substance or medicine, that purges; laxative |
| catharticnoun | (medicine) A laxative. |
| aperientnoun | (medicine) A laxative, either in the form of a medicine or a food such as asparagus or hops, which has the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation. |
| laxativenoun | Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect. |
| curenoun | A method, device or medication that restores good health. |
| physicophysiological | Relating to physics and physiology. |
| physicologicalnoun | Of or relating to physicology. |
| ethicophysical | Relating to ethics and to physical matter. |
| physicochemical | Of or pertaining to physical chemistry. |
| physicogeographical | Relating to physics and geography. |
| physical | Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind; tangible, concrete; real. Having to do with the material world. |
| physicomedical | Of or pertaining to the physical aspects of medicine. |
| physicalistic | Pertaining to physicalism |
| physicophilosophical | Relating to physics and philosophy. |
| physicobiological | Relating to physics and biology. |
| physicotechnological | Relating to physics and technology. |
| physiomedicalnoun | Relating to physicomedicalism. |
| substantival | (grammar) Of or pertaining to a substantive. |
| chemophysicalnoun | Relating to chemistry and physics. |
| objectal | Concerning the cognitive representation of an object outside the self. |
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