noun / verb
physic
FIZ-ik/ˈfɪzɪk/
Treatment of illness with medicine or other remedies.
The apothecary measures a dose of physic into a spoon.
Etymology
The connection is through knowledge of nature, which also encompassed the art of healing. Physic consequently named a healing medicine and later, more specifically, a laxative.
In context
I will drink some physic: then, if the pain abates, I shall sleep for a couple of days and nights and probably awake restored.
More examples
- The old diary recorded a daily dose of physic.
- The physician physicked the ailing traveler.
- The household manual recommended physic for stubborn constipation.
Forms
physic · physics · physicked · physicking