physic

English

Alternative forms

• physick (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪzɪk

Adjective

physic (comparative more physic, superlative most physic)

1. Relating to or concerning existent materials; physical.

Noun

physic (countable and uncountable; plural physics)

1. (countable) A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative.
2. (uncountable) The art or profession of healing disease; medicine.

Derived terms

• physician

Verb

physic (third-person singular simple present physics, present participle physicking, simple past and past participle physicked)

1. (transitive) To cure or heal; to treat or administer medicine, especially to purge.