physician
noun
phy·si·cian
fə-ˈzi-shən 
plural physicians
1
: a person trained in the art of healing
specifically
: a health care professional (such as a dermatologist, internist, pediatrician, or urologist) who has earned a medical degree, is clinically experienced, and is licensed to practice medicine as usually distinguished from surgery : a doctor of medicine or a doctor of osteopathic medicine
2
: someone or something that has a beneficial effect or influence
Do justice with mercy. That is what, in essence, the brilliant physician of the heart and soul, Maimonides, tried to teach us 900 years ago.—
Jack Weinstein
Jack WeinsteinExamples of physician in a Sentence
you should always consult a physician if you develop a high fever
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—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
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—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Compton-Phillips, who also reports to Joyner, was most recently chief physician executive of Press Ganey, a health care performance improvement company.
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Now physicians need to revisit this disease — not as the success story of the past but to prepare for the next outbreak.
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Adam B. Vary, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
What happens when a bride returning on a flight from her honeymoon – and who is a family medicine physician – starts to feel intense chest pain and nausea and an emergency room physician are on the same flight?
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Compton-Phillips, who also reports to Joyner, was most recently chief physician executive of Press Ganey, a health care performance improvement company.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Now physicians need to revisit this disease — not as the success story of the past but to prepare for the next outbreak.
—James M. Gaylor, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Physician.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physician. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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physician
noun
phy·si·cian
fə-ˈzish-ən
: a specialist in healing human diseases
especially
: one educated and licensed to practice medicine
Medical Definition
physician
noun
phy·si·cian
fə-ˈzish-ən
: a health-care professional who has earned a medical degree, is clinically experienced, and is licensed to practice medicine : a doctor of medicine or a doctor of osteopathic medicine
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