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Someone who spent a decade in school to tell you to drink more water.
means A doctor who diagnoses and treats illness, especially through medicine rather than surgery.
from Traces back through Old French 'fisicien' to Latin 'physica' — natural science — ultimately rooted in Greek 'physis,' meaning nature. For centuries 'physic' meant the whole art of healing the body, and the person who practiced it was, naturally, a physician: someone trained in the nature of things, including yours.
- origin
- from greek physis, meaning nature
- training
- roughly 10 to 15 years before full autonomy
- daily reality
- most visits end with lifestyle advice, not pills
- oldest trick
- placebo effect was documented by army surgeons