What is another word for physic?

Pronunciation: [fˈɪzɪk] (IPA)

Physic is a common term in the medical field that refers to a remedy or medicine. Sometimes people use it interchangeably with other words such as medicine, treatment, cure or therapy. The word "remedy" is a synonym for "physic," which refers to anything that helps to relieve or solve a problem. It could come in the form of a medicine or treatment that provides healing for the body. Also, the word "elixir" refers to "physic," which is a magical or mystical potion believed to have curative powers. Other synonyms for physic include "tonic," "prescription," and "drug" that all denote some form of remedy, medicine, or treatment for a particular ailment or condition.

Synonyms for Physic:

What are the hypernyms for Physic?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for physic?

The word "physic" can be described as a medical treatment or remedy, but it also has another meaning that refers to the science of matter and energy. The antonyms for the first definition would be to "ignore" or "neglect" one's health or to use "non-medical" treatments. For the second definition, antonyms include "art" or "literature," since they are based on creativity rather than science; or "spiritual" or "metaphysical," referring to the realm beyond the physical world. In any context, antonyms of "physic" relate to the opposite of its meaning or to alternative approaches that don't conform to scientific principles.

What are the antonyms for Physic?

Usage examples for Physic

She does not like me because her brother is so attentive; and she seemed quite annoyed yesterday when the doctor spent so long feeling my pulse and talking his physic jargon to me.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn
She-she hates me like she does physic.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn
I should have lost her, I am sure, for it was not in physic to do more than I had done.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn

Famous quotes with Physic

  • There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health.
    Francis Bacon
  • I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, and my physic.
    William Drummond
  • Of this they drank half a pint every day, and sometimes more or less, as it operated, by way of gentle physic. Two others had each two oranges and one lemon given them every day. These they ate with greediness, at different times, upon an empty stomach.
    James Lind
  • The inquiries of the jurist are in truth prosecuted much as inquiry in physic and physiology was prosecuted before observation had taken the place of assumption.
    Henry James Sumner Maine
  • Use law and physic only for necessity. They that use them otherwise abuse themselves into weak bodies and light purses. They are good remedies, bad businesses, and worse recreations.
    Francis Quarles

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