Hypertext Webster Gateway: "physician"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
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."
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Physician \Phy*si"cian\, n. [OE. fisician, fisicien, OF.
physucien, a physician, in F., a natural philosopher, an
experimentalist in physics. See {Physic}.]
1. A person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one
duty authorized to prescribe remedies for, and treat,
diseases; a doctor of medicine.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
physician
n : a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to
see my doctor" [syn: {doctor}, {doc}, {MD}, {Dr.}, {medico}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.