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Physic

/ˈfɪzɪk/

A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative.

📖 Definitions of "Physic"

noun
  1. 1

    A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative.

  2. 2

    The art or profession of healing disease; medicine.

  3. 3

    Natural philosophy; physics.

  4. 4

    A physician.

verb
  1. 1

    To cure or heal.

  2. 2

    To administer medicine to, especially a purgative.

adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or concerning existent materials; physical.

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WordDefinition
catharticnounThat which releases emotional tension, especially after an overwhelming experience.
aperientnoun(medicine) Having a gentle laxative effect.
purgativenounsomething, such as a substance or medicine, that purges; laxative
laxativenounAny substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect.

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WordDefinition
purgativenounsomething, 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.
laxativenounAny substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect.
curenounA method, device or medication that restores good health.
physicophysiologicalRelating to physics and physiology.
physicologicalnounOf or relating to physicology.
ethicophysicalRelating to ethics and to physical matter.
physicochemicalOf or pertaining to physical chemistry.
physicogeographicalRelating to physics and geography.
physicalPertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind; tangible, concrete; real. Having to do with the material world.
physicomedicalOf or pertaining to the physical aspects of medicine.
physicalisticPertaining to physicalism
physicophilosophicalRelating to physics and philosophy.
physicobiologicalRelating to physics and biology.
physicotechnologicalRelating to physics and technology.
physiomedicalnounRelating to physicomedicalism.
substantival(grammar) Of or pertaining to a substantive.
chemophysicalnounRelating to chemistry and physics.
objectalConcerning the cognitive representation of an object outside the self.

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