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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Physician \Phy*si"cian\, noun [OE. fisician, fisicien, OF. physucien, a physician, in F., a natural philosopher, an experimentalist in physics. See {Physic}.]
1. A person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one duty authorized to prescribe remedies for, and treat, diseases; a doctor of medicine.
2. Hence, figuratively, one who ministers to moral diseases; as, a physician of the soul.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
physician
noun: a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor" [syn: {doctor}, {doc}, {MD}, {Dr.}, {medico}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "physician": Doctor of Medicine, GP, MD, Md, allopath, allopathist, attending physician, bones, coroner, country doctor, croaker, doc, doctor, family doctor, general practitioner, house physician, intern, leech, man, medic, medical, medical attendant, medical examiner, medical man, medical practitioner, medico, physician in ordinary, practitioner, resident, resident physician, sawbones, specialist, surgeon
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
PHYSICIAN, noun One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Physician Asa, afflicted with some bodily malady, "sought not to the Lord but to the physicians" (2 Chr. 16:12). The "physicians" were those who "practised heathen arts of magic, disavowing recognized methods of cure, and dissociating the healing art from dependence on the God of Israel. The sin of Asa was not, therefore, in seeking medical advice, as we understand the phrase, but in forgetting Jehovah."
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