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A physician is a doctor. If you wake up and your eyes are red, your skin is yellow, and your tongue is swollen, find a physician, soon!

When we use the word physician, we typically mean a doctor that practices general healing, as opposed to a surgeon. Physician is a very old word, coming from both Greek and Latin roots for physic, meaning "natural science and medicine."

DEFINITIONS OF: physician

n a licensed medical practitioner

Synonyms:: Dr., MD, doc, doctor, medico

Examples:: show 62 examples...; hide 62 examples...; Abul-Walid Mohammed ibn-Ahmad Ibn-Mohammed ibn-Roshd
Arabian philosopher born in Spain; wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198); Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina
Arabian physician and influential Islamic philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037); Robert Barany
Austrian physician who developed a rotational method for testing the middle ear (1876-1936); Caspar Bartholin
Danish physician who discovered Bartholin's gland (1585-1629); Sir David Bruce
Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931); Burrill Bernard Crohn
United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines; he was the first to describe regional ileitis which is now known as Crohn's disease (1884-1983); John L. H. Down
English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896); Christiaan Eijkman
Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930); Etienne-Louis Arthur Fallot
French physician who described cardiac anomalies including Fallot's tetralogy (1850-1911); William Gilbert
English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603); William Harvey
English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657); Thomas Hodgkin
English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866); George Huntington
United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea; Aletta Jacobs
Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929); Edward Jenner
English physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823); Harry Fitch Kleinfelter
United States physician who first described the XXY-syndrome (born in 1912); Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier
United States physician who in 1863 founded a medical school for women (1813-1888); Sir Patrick Manson
Scottish physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitos and suggested that mosquitos also spread malaria (1844-1922); Friedrich Anton Mesmer
Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815); Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim
Swiss physician who introduced treatments of particular illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw illness as having an external cause (rather than an imbalance of humors) and replaced traditional remedies with chemical remedies (1493-1541); Peter Mark Roget
English physician who in retirement compiled a well-known thesaurus (1779-1869); Sir Ronald Ross
British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932); Benjamin Rush
physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813); Albert Schweitzer
French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965); Anna Howard Shaw
United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919); Sir James Young Simpson
Scottish obstetrician and surgeon who pioneered in the use of ether and discovered the anesthetic effects of chloroform (1811-1870); English Hippocrates
English physician (1624-1689); Erik Adolf von Willebrand
Finnish physician who first described vascular hemophilia (1870-1949); William Beaumont
United States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853); Alexis Carrel
French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944); Jean Martin Charcot
French neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure hysteria (1825-1893); William Cowper
English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709); Harvery Williams Cushing
United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939); Michael Ellis De Bakey
United States heart surgeon who in 1966 implanted the first artificial heart in a human patient (born in 1908); Sir Howard Walter Florey
British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968); Sigmund Freud
Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939); William Crawford Gorgas
United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854-1920); Harold Hirschsprung
Danish pediatrician (1830-1916); Karen Danielsen Horney
United States psychiatrist (1885-1952); Karl Theodor Jaspers
German psychiatrist (1883-1969); Melanie Klein
United States psychoanalyst (born in Austria) who was the first to specialize in the psychoanalysis of small children (1882-1960); Baron Richard von Krafft-Ebing
German neurologist noted for his studies of sexual deviance (1840-1902); Karl Landsteiner
United States pathologist (born in Austria) who discovered human blood groups (1868-1943); Joseph Lister
English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912); Prosper Meniere
French otologist who first described a form of vertigo now known as Meniere's disease and identified the semicircular canals as the site of the lesion (1799-1862); Charles Frederick Menninger
United States psychiatrist who with his sons founded a famous psychiatric clinic in Topeka (1862-1953); Karl Augustus Menninger
United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1893-1990); William Claire Menninger
United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1899-1966); Sir James Paget
English pathologist who discovered the cause of trichinosis (1814-1899); James Parkinson
English surgeon (1755-1824); Walter Reed
United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902); Wilhelm Reich
Austrian born psychoanalyst who lived in the United States; advocated sexual freedom and believed that cosmic energy could be concentrated in a human being (1897-1957); John Rock
United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984); Francis Peyton Rous
United States pathologist who discovered viruses that cause tumors (1879-1970); Hermann Snellen
Dutch ophthalmologist who introduced the Snellen chart to study visual acuity (1834-1908); Benjamin Spock
United States pediatrician whose many books on child care influenced the upbringing of children around the world (1903-1998); Harry Stack Sullivan
United States psychiatrist (1892-1949); Georges Gilles de la Tourette
French neurologist (1857-1904); Henry Hubert Turner
United States endocrinologist (1892-1970); Rudolf Karl Virchow
German pathologist who recognized that all cells come from cells by binary fission and who emphasized cellular abnormalities in disease (1821-1902); Karl Wernicke
German neurologist best known for his studies of aphasia (1848-1905); Thomas Willis
English physician who was a pioneer in the study of the brain (1621-1675)

Types:: show 48 types...; hide 48 types...; abortionist
a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies; allergist
a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies; angiologist
a physician who specializes in angiology; extern, medical extern
a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there; gastroenterologist
a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract; GP, general practitioner
a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses; hakeem, hakim
a Muslim physician; house physician, resident, resident physician
a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital; houseman, intern, interne, medical intern
an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term); primary care physician
the physician who provides primary care; quack
an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice; medical specialist, specialist
practices one branch of medicine; operating surgeon, sawbones, surgeon
a physician who specializes in surgery; vet, veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon
a doctor who practices veterinary medicine; amputator
a surgeon who removes part or all of a limb; anaesthetist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist
a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated; baby doctor, paediatrician, pediatrician, pediatrist
a specialist in the care of babies; cardiologist, heart specialist, heart surgeon
a specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart; chiropodist, foot doctor, podiatrist
a specialist in care for the feet; cosmetic surgeon, plastic surgeon
a surgeon who beautifies the body (especially the face); country doctor
a doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital; dermatologist, skin doctor
a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin; diagnostician, pathologist
a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis; diplomate
medical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma granted by an appropriate professional group; ear doctor, ear specialist, otologist
a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases; embryologist
a physician who specializes in embryology; endocrinologist
physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system; ENT man, ear-nose-and-throat doctor, otolaryngologist, otorhinolaryngologist, rhinolaryngologist
a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat; family doctor
a general practitioner who treats all the family members; geriatrician, gerontologist
a specialist in gerontology; gynaecologist, gynecologist, woman's doctor
a specialist in gynecology; haematologist, hematologist
a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs; horse doctor
a veterinarian who treats horses; hygienist
a medical specialist in hygiene; internist
a specialist in internal medicine; brain doctor, neurologist
a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it; brain surgeon, neurosurgeon
someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain); accoucheur, obstetrician
a physician specializing in obstetrics; oncologist
a specialist in oncology; eye doctor, oculist, ophthalmologist
a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye; orthopaedist, orthopedist
a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children); orthoptist
a specialist in orthoptics; proctologist
a doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anus; head-shrinker, psychiatrist, shrink
a physician who specializes in psychiatry; radiographer
a person who makes radiographs; radiologist, radiotherapist
a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease; rheumatologist
a physician specializing in rheumatic diseases; urologist
a specialist in urology

Type of:: medical man, medical practitioner
someone who practices medicine

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