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Definition of: physic
(fiz′ik) noun
1. Medicine in general.
2. A cathartic; a purge.
3. Archaic The art or practice of medicine; the medical profession.
4. Obs. Physics.
—v.t phys·icked, phys·ick·ing
1. To treat with medicine or, especially, a cathartic; purge.
2. To cure or relieve. [<OF fisique <L physica <Gk. physikē (epistēmē) (the knowledge) of nature <physis nature <phyein produce]
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