phys•ic
Pronunciation: (fiz'ik), [key]
— n., v., -icked, -ick•ing.
—n.
- a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- any medicine; a drug or medicament.
- the medical art or profession.
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—v.t.
- to treat with or act upon as a physic or medicine.
- to work upon as a medicine does; relieve or cure.
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