as in doctor
a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders
you should always consult a physician if you develop a high fever
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The nurse tells her to stop wasting her time and go to an actual physician before her symptoms worsen or other ailments occur from overcompensating.
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Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
These include mental health professionals, occupational, physical, or respiratory therapists, cardiac specialists, primary care physicians, and more.
—Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2024
Pharmaceutical companies like Novo Nordisk have also spent millions of dollars promoting their drugs to physicians.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
One patient might have lesions on the face, likened to wolf bites by the 13th-century physician who gave lupus its name.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
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Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
These include mental health professionals, occupational, physical, or respiratory therapists, cardiac specialists, primary care physicians, and more.
—Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2024
Pharmaceutical companies like Novo Nordisk have also spent millions of dollars promoting their drugs to physicians.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
One patient might have lesions on the face, likened to wolf bites by the 13th-century physician who gave lupus its name.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Physician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physician. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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