Physic

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  • noun. A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic.
  • noun. The art or profession of medicine.
  • transitive verb. To act on as a cathartic.
  • transitive verb. To cure or heal.
  • transitive verb. To treat with or as if with medicine.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To treat with physic or medicines; cure; heal; relieve.
  • To use cathartics or purgatives upon; purge.
  • To mix with some oxidizing body in order to eliminate phosphorus and sulphur, as in the manufacture of iron.
  • Physical.
  • Medicinal.
  • noun. Natural philosophy; physics. See physics.
  • noun. The science of medicine; the medical art or profession; the healing art; medicine.
  • noun. A medicine; a drug; a remedy for disease; also, drugs collectively.
  • noun. A medicine that purges; a cathartic; a purge.
  • noun. In dyeing, the nitromuriate of tin, or tin-spirits.
  • noun. Synonyms See surgery.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge.
  • transitive verb. To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure.
  • noun. The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine.
  • noun. A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.
  • noun. Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic.
  • noun. A physician.
  • noun. a small tropical American euphorbiaceous tree (Jatropha Curcas), and its seeds, which are well flavored, but contain a drastic oil which renders them dangerous if eaten in large quantities.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Relating to or concerning existent materials; physical.
  • noun. A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative.
  • noun. The art or profession of healing disease; medicine.
  • verb. To cure or heal; to treat or administer medicine, especially to purge.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
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