physician

«physician» in Mova's school dictionary: A medical doctor, especially one who treats illness with… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a physician, physicians)

meaning for a pupil

(formal, especially US) A medical doctor, especially one who treats illness with medicine rather than surgery. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday US speech «physician» is a formal word for doctor; in the UK people say GP or doctor. In history, a royal physician cared for kings. Phrases: family physician, consult your physician.

examples

• The physician listened to my heart. tree →
• Ask your physician before taking new medicine. tree →
• My aunt is a physician at the hospital. tree →
• The king's physician gave him a bitter potion. tree →
• A physician looks after people who are ill. tree →
• Our family physician knows all of us. tree →
• A wound from Kay's sword no physician could heal. tree →

note

Countable. Trap: a physician is a doctor; a physicist is a scientist who studies physics. Formal; in speech say doctor.

In the corpora

• And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father.
• And the physicians embalmed Israel.
• Is there no physician there?
• But ye are plasterers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «physician» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.