physician

noun
🔊/fɪˈzɪʃn/
🔊/fɪˈzɪʃn/
(especially North American English)
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  1. a doctor, especially one who is a specialist in general medicine and not surgery医师;(尤指)内科医生
    • Dr Dennett is a practicing family physician in Atlanta.丹尼特医生是亚特兰大的执业家庭医生。
    • Please consult your physician before beginning any new exercise program.请找医生咨询后再进行任何新的锻炼计划。
    compare surgeon This word is now old-fashioned in British English. Doctor or GP is used instead.
    Extra Examples
    • He became the President's personal physician.他成了总统的私人医生。
    • He was physician to George Washington.他是乔治・华盛顿的医生。
    • physician to the Duke of Albemarle艾尔伯马尔公爵的医生
    Topics Medicinec1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • family
    • general
    • hospital
    preposition
    • physician to
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French fisicien, based on Latin physica ‘things relating to nature’, from Greek phusikē (epistēmē) ‘(knowledge) of nature’.