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Physic
| Physic Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Physic?
[n] a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
Synonyms | Synonyms for Physic: aperient |
cathartic |
purgative
Related Terms | Find terms related to Physic: acoustics |
aerophysics |
aerospace medicine |
aperient |
applied physics |
astrophysics |
balm |
balsam |
basic conductor physics |
biomedicine |
biophysics |
carminative |
cathartic |
chemical physics |
clinical medicine |
comparative medicine |
constitutional medicine |
cryogenics |
crystallography |
cure |
cytophysics |
diuretic |
dosimetric medicine |
drops |
drug |
electron physics |
electronics |
electrophysics |
electuary |
elixir |
ethical drug |
experimental medicine |
generic name |
geophysics |
herbs |
inhalant |
internal medicine |
laxative |
leechcraft |
leechdom |
legal medicine |
lincture |
linctus |
macrophysics |
materia medica |
mathematical physics |
mechanics |
Medicaid |
medical jurisprudence |
medicament |
Medicare |
medication |
medicinal |
medicinal herbs |
medicine |
medicophysics |
microphysics |
military medicine |
mixture |
natural philosophy |
natural science |
naval medicine |
neo-Hippocratic medicine |
Newtonian physics |
nonprescription drug |
nuclear physics |
officinal |
optics |
patent medicine |
pharmacon |
philosophy |
physical chemistry |
physical medicine |
physical science |
physicochemistry |
physicomathematics |
physics |
powder |
preclinical medicine |
preparation |
prescription drug |
preventive medicine |
proprietary |
proprietary medicine |
proprietary name |
psychophysics |
psychosomatic medicine |
public health medicine |
purgative |
purge |
radiation physics |
radionics |
simples |
socialized medicine |
solar physics |
solid-state physics |
space medicine |
state medicine |
statics |
stereophysics |
syrup |
theoretical physics |
theraputant |
therapy |
thermodynamics |
tisane |
tropical medicine |
vegetable remedies |
veterinary medicine |
zoophysics
See Also | aloes |
bitter aloes |
castor oil |
Epsom salts |
laxative |
magnesium hydroxide |
medicament |
medication |
medicinal drug |
medicine |
milk of magnesia |
Rochelle powder |
Seidlitz powder |
Seidlitz powders
Physic In Webster's Dictionary
\Phys"ic\, n. [OE. phisike, fisike, OF. phisique, F.
physique knowledge of nature, physics, L. physica, physice,
fr. Gr. ?, fr. fysiko`s natural, from fy`sis nature, fr. ? to
produce, grow, akin to E. be. See {Be}, and cf. {Physics},
{Physique}.]
1. The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the
theory or practice of medicine.
\Phys"ic\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Physiced}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Physicking}.]
1. To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine
to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to
purge.
2. To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure.
The labor we delight in physics pain. --Shak.
A mind diseased no remedy can physic. --Byron.
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