physician meaning
physician :
doctor, medical practitioner
noun
▪ The physician examined the patient.
▪ The doctor looked at the patient.
▪ She visited her physician for a check-up.
▪ She went to her doctor for a health check.
paraphrasing
▪ doctor – medical practitioner
▪ healer – one who treats illness
▪ clinician – medical specialist
▪ medic – informal for doctor
Pronunciation
physician [fɪˈzɪʃ.ən]
The stress is on 'zish' and sounds like 'fi-zish-uhn'.
Common phrases and grammar about physician
physician - Common meaning
noun
doctor, medical practitioner
Part of Speech Changes for "physician"
▪ physical (adjective) – related to the body
▪ physically (adverb) – in a bodily manner
Common Expressions with "physician"
▪ family physician – personal doctor
▪ attending physician – main doctor in charge
▪ consulting physician – specialist doctor
▪ primary care physician – main health provider
Important examples of physician in TOEIC
Vocabulary examples from the TOEIC test
In TOEIC vocabulary questions, physician is often used to refer to a professional medical doctor.
Example of a confusing word: physicist (a scientist specializing in physics)
Grammar examples from the TOEIC test
Physician is a noun and often appears in contexts related to health and medicine in TOEIC grammar questions.
physician
Idioms and fixed expressions in TOEIC
family physician
'personal doctor', used for regular health check-ups.
physician heal thyself
means 'take care of your own problems before helping others'.
Differences between similar words and physician
physician
,
doctor
differences
Physician is often used for medical doctors, while doctor can refer to both medical and academic professionals.
Words with the same origin as physician
The origin of physician
The word 'physician' comes from Old French 'fisicien', meaning a person skilled in natural science, which later came to mean a medical doctor.
Word structure
The word has no clear prefix or suffix but comes from 'physic', meaning natural science.
Words with the same origin
The word's root is unclear or difficult to confirm.
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