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   phys·ic

   /ˈfizik/

   noun

   • 1. medicine, especially a cathartic: "his servant's venture into selling physic"
   • ▪ the art of healing: "he was absorbed in all aspects of the study of physic and the human body"

   verb

   • 1. treat with a medicine: "he told Mrs. Webb he had physicked himself"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French fisique ‘medicine’, from Latin physica, from Greek phusikē (epistēmē) ‘(knowledge) of nature’.

   Scrabble Points: 16

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