Definition of physic Physic

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We found 13 definitions of physic from 5 different sources.

What does physic mean?

Noun
physic - a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
		purgative, cathartic, aperient
		medicament, medicinal drug, medication, medicine the act of treating with medicines or remedies
		aloes, bitter aloes a purgative made from the leaves of aloe
		castor oil a purgative extracted from the seed of the castor-oil plant; used in paint and varnish as well as medically
		epsom salts (used with a singular noun) hydrated magnesium sulfate used as a laxative
		laxative a mild cathartic
		milk of magnesia purgative consisting of a milky white liquid suspension of magnesium hydroxide; used as a laxative and (in smaller doses) as an antacid

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physic (Noun)
A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative.
physic (Noun)
The art or profession of healing disease; medicine.
physic (Verb)
To cure or heal; to treat or administer medicine, especially to purge.
physic (Adjective)
Relating to or concerning existent materials; physical.

physic (n.)
The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine.
physic (n.)
A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.
physic (n.)
Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic.
physic (n.)
A physician.
physic (v. t.)
To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge.
physic (v. t.)
To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure.

physic
fiz′ik, n. the science of medicine: the art of healing: a medicine: (orig.) natural philosophy, physics.—v.t. to give medicine to:—pr.p. phys′icking; pa.t. and pa.p. phys′icked.—ns. Physician (fi-zish′an), one skilled in the use of physic or the art of healing: one who prescribes remedies for diseases: a doctor.—ns. Physic′iancy, post or office of physician; Physic′ianship; Phys′ic-nut, Barbadoes or Purging nut, the seeds of Jatropha curcas.—Physic garden, a botanical garden. [O. Fr.,—Gr. physikē, natural—Gr. physis, nature.]