physician
noun
[ fɪˈzɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a person qualified to practise medicine, especially one who specializes in diagnosis and medical treatment as distinct from surgery.
• "our family physician"
Similar:
doctor,
doctor of medicine,
MD,
medical practitioner,
medical man/woman/person,
surgeon,
doc,
medic,
medico,
quack,
leech,
sawbones,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French fisicien, based on Latin physica ‘things relating to nature’ (see physic).
