physician

physician
    n 1: a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to
         see my doctor" [syn: {doctor}, {doc}, {physician}, {MD},
         {Dr.}, {medico}]
    

Physician \Phy*si"cian\ (f[i^]*z[i^]sh"an), n. [OE. fisician,
   fisicien, OF. physucien, a physician, in F., a natural
   philosopher, an experimentalist in physics. See {Physic}.]
   1. A person skilled in medicine, or the art of healing;
      especially, one trained and licensed to treat illness and
      prescribe medicines; a doctor of medicine.
      [1913 Webster + PJC]

   2. Hence, figuratively, one who ministers to moral diseases;
      as, a physician of the soul.
      [1913 Webster]
    

PHYSICIAN, n.  One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs
when well.
    

Physician
Asa, afflicted with some bodily malady, "sought not to the Lord
but to the physicians" (2 Chr. 16:12). The "physicians" were
those who "practised heathen arts of magic, disavowing
recognized methods of cure, and dissociating the healing art
from dependence on the God of Israel. The sin of Asa was not,
therefore, in seeking medical advice, as we understand the
phrase, but in forgetting Jehovah."
    

PHYSICIAN. One lawfully engaged in the practice of medicine. 
     2. A physician in England cannot recover for fees, as his practice is 
altogether honorary. Peake C. N. P. 96, 123; 4 T. R. 317. 
     3. But in Pennsylvania, and perhaps in all the United States, he may 
recover for his services. 5 Serg. & Rawle, 416. The law implies, therefore, 
a contract on the part of a medical man, as well as those of other 
professions, to discharge their duty in a skillful and attentive manner; and 
the law will redress the party injured by their neglect or ignorance. 1 
Saund. 312, R; 1 Ld. Raym. 213; 2 Wils. 359; 8 East, 348. 
     4. They are sometimes answerable criminally for mala praxis. (q.v.) 2 
Russ. on Cr. 288; Ayl. Pand. 213; Com. Dig. h.t. Vin. Ab. h.t. 
    

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "physician":
      Doctor of Medicine, GP, MD, Md, allopath, allopathist,
      attending physician, bones, coroner, country doctor, croaker, doc,
      doctor, family doctor, general practitioner, house physician,
      intern, leech, man, medic, medical, medical attendant,
      medical examiner, medical man, medical practitioner, medico,
      physician in ordinary, practitioner, resident, resident physician,
      sawbones, specialist, surgeon