physic
11physic — a laxative Literally, any medical treatment: The physic will clean him out real good. (L. Armstrong, 1955) See also night physic …
12physic — UK [ˈfɪzɪk] / US noun [countable] Word forms physic : singular physic plural physics an old word meaning medicine …
13physic — /fiz ik/, n., v., physicked, physicking. n. 1. a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative. 2. any medicine; a drug or medicament. 3. Archaic. the medical art or profession. 4. Obs. See natural science. v.t. 5. to treat with or act upon as a… …
14physic — 1. The art of medicine. 2. A medicine; often a lay term for a cathartic. [G. physikos, natural, physical] * * * phys·ic fiz ik n 1 a) the art or practice of healing disease b) the practice or profession of medicine 2) a medicinal agent or… …
15physic — /ˈfɪzɪk / (say fizik) –noun Obsolete 1. a medicine, especially one that purges; a cathartic. 2. the medical art or profession. 3. natural science. –verb (t) (physicked, physicking) 4. Archaic to treat with physic or medicine. 5. US Colloquial to… …
16Physic nut — Physic 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},… …
17physic nut — n the seed of a small tropical American tree of the genus Jatropha (J. curcas) containing a strongly purgative oil * * * purging nut 1. Jatropha curcas. 2. J. multifida. 3. the seed of either of these trees, which contains a cathartic oil and a… …
18physic nut — noun small tropical American tree yielding purple dye and a tanning extract and bearing physic nuts containing a purgative oil that is poisonous in large quantities • Syn: ↑Jatropha curcus • Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree •… …
19physic — I. noun Etymology: Middle English physik natural science, art of medicine, from Anglo French phisique, fisik, from Latin physica, singular, natural science, from Greek physikē, from feminine of physikos more at physics Date: 14th century 1. a.… …
20physic — 1. noun a) A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative. b) The art or profession of healing disease; medicine. 2. verb To …
