physician Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a licensed medical practitioner
    MD; medico; doc; doctor; Dr..
    • I felt so bad I went to see my doctor

WordNet

Phy*si"cian noun
Etymology
OE. fisician, fisicien, OF. physucien, a physician, in F., a natural philosopher, an experimentalist in physics. See Physic.
Definitions
  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. one trained and licensed to treat illness and prescribe medicines.
  2. Hence, figuratively, one who ministers to moral diseases; as, a physician of the soul.

Webster 1913