physician

Definition

Examples

Please consult your physician before starting any new exercise program.

Synonyms

• doctora licensed medical practitioner
• medical practitionerhaving a meaning similar to physician
• cliniciana practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments

Collocations

• Easy consult a family physician
  to consult a family physician, meaning to get or ask advice from
• Medium refer to an attending specialist physician
  to refer to an attending specialist physician, meaning to make reference to
• Hard board-certified internal medicine physician
  a collocation phrase: board-certified internal medicine physician
• Very Hard physician, heal thyself
  a collocation phrase: physician, heal thyself