physician : Idioms & Phrases


Botanic physician

  • a physician whose medicines consist chiefly of herbs and roots.
Webster 1913

Consulting physician

  • (Med.), a physician who consults with the attending practitioner regarding any case of disease.
Webster 1913

Eclectic physician

  • one of a class of practitioners of medicine, who select their modes of practice and medicines from all schools; formerly, sometimes the same as botanic physician. U.S.
Webster 1913

House physician

  • noun a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
    resident; house physician.
    • the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital
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  • the resident medical adviser of a hospital or other public institution.
Webster 1913

physician-assisted suicide

  • noun assisted suicide where the assistant is a physician
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physician-patient privilege

  • noun the right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patient
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primary care physician

  • noun the physician who provides primary care
    • the primary care physician acts as a gatekeeper to the medical system
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resident physician

  • noun a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
    resident; house physician.
    • the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital
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