—n.
1 a medicine (a dose of physic).
2 the art of healing.
3 the medical profession.
—v.tr. (physicked, physicking) dose with physic.
Phrases and idioms:
physic garden a garden for cultivating medicinal herbs etc.
Etymology: ME f. OF fisique medicine f. L physica f. Gk phusike (episteme) (knowledge) of nature
Useful english dictionary. 2012.