physician

Etymology
From, from (modern 🇨🇬), from , from , from , from. Displaced native, archaic. Morphologically.

Noun

 * 1) A practitioner of physic, i.e. a specialist in internal medicine, especially as opposed to a surgeon; a practitioner who treats with medication rather than with surgery.
 * 2) A medical doctor trained in human medicine.
 * 1) A medical doctor trained in human medicine.
 * 1) A medical doctor trained in human medicine.

Usage notes

 * In the United Kingdom and countries, a physician holds a postgraduate degree such as Master of General Medicine or fellowship certificate such as MRCP or FRCP from the  in UK, or the  in Australia and New Zealand. Contrarily, in the United States, the term is frequently regulated by state laws, and in all states includes those with the  (D.O.) degree (not to be confused with osteopaths), the  (M.D.) degree, and in some states those with the D.C. (Doctor of Chiropractic) degree (who are neither medical doctors nor part of ).

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Akan: dɔkota
 * Albanian:, , ,
 * Amharic: ሐኪም
 * Arabic:, طَبِيبة, دُكْتُور, , حَكِيمَة, مُتَطبِّب
 * Egyptian Arabic: دكتور, حكيم
 * Hijazi Arabic: دكتور, طبيب
 * Moroccan Arabic: طبيب
 * North Levantine Arabic: حَكِيم
 * Aramaic:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܣܝܵܐ, ܕܘܼܟ݂ܛܘܼܪ
 * Classical Syriac: ܐܣܝܐ
 * Jewish Aramaic: אָסְיָא, אַסְיָא
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: ডাক্তৰ, বেজ
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Basque: ,
 * Belarusian: ура́ч, до́ктар, ле́кар
 * Bengali: ,
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Burmese:
 * Buryat: эмшэн
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: mantatambal
 * Central Dusun: dokutul
 * Chechen: лор
 * Cherokee: ᎦᎾᎦᏘ
 * Chichewa: dokotala, dotolo
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 醫生
 * Dungan: дэфу, щянсын
 * Eastern Min: 醫生
 * Hakka: 醫生, 先生
 * Hokkien: ,
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Wu: 醫生
 * Chukchi: инэнмэлевыльын
 * Cornish: doktour, medhek
 * Czech:, , ,
 * Dalmatian: dotuar, medco
 * Danish:, doktor
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Dzongkha: དྲུང་འཚོ
 * Egyptian:
 * Emilian: dutåur
 * Esperanto:, virkuracisto
 * Estonian:, doktor
 * Evenki: аичимни
 * Ewe: ɖɔkta, atikewɔla
 * Farefare: dɔɣɔta
 * Faroese: lækni
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , , ,
 * Old French: fisician
 * Friulian: dotôr, miedi
 * Galician: doutor,
 * Georgian: ექიმი, მედიკოსი, მკურნალი
 * German:, , , , ,
 * Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ἰατρός
 * Greenlandic: nakorsaq
 * Hawaiian: kauka
 * Hebrew:, רוֹפְאָה,
 * Hindi:, डॉक्टर, , , ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:, ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: doktori, dohteri
 * Interlingua: medico, doctor
 * Irish: lia,
 * Italian:, , dottore in medicina
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kamba: ndakitali
 * Kazakh: дәрігер
 * Khmer:, , ពេទ្យហ្ម,
 * Kikuyu: ndagĩtarĩ
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: پزشک, دکتۆر, پزیشک
 * Northern Kurdish:, , ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Ladino: doktor, mediko, kechim
 * Lao:, ແພດ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: ārsts, ārste
 * Lithuanian:, daktarė, , gydytoja
 * Lombard: dotór
 * Low German:
 * German Low German:, Dokterin, Doktersch, Doktersche
 * Lü: ᦖᦸ
 * Luhya: dakatari, dakitari
 * Luo: dokta
 * Macedonian: лекар, лекарка
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay: ,  , bomor ,
 * Maltese: tabib
 * Manchu: ᠣᡴᡨᠣᠰᡳ, ᡩᠠᡳᡶᡠ
 * Manx: lhee, fer lhee
 * Maori: tākuta,
 * Maricopa: kwsede
 * Martuthunira: juwayumarta
 * Meru: ndagitare
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠡᠮᠴᠢ
 * Nahuatl: ticitl
 * Navajo: azeeʼííłʼíní
 * Nepali: डाक्टर,
 * Ngarrindjeri: putari
 * Ngazidja Comorian: twaɓiɓu
 * Norman: docteu
 * Northern Mansi:
 * Norwegian:
 * Norwegian Bokmål: ,
 * Norwegian Nynorsk: lege, lækjar, doktor, dokter
 * Occitan:
 * Odia:
 * Okinawan: 医者
 * Old English: lǣċe
 * Oromo: hakiimii
 * Pali: vejja
 * Pashto:, , ,
 * Persian:, , ,
 * Plautdietsch: Oatst, Dokta
 * Polish:, , , , , medyczka
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Punjabi:
 * Quechua: jampiq
 * Romanian:, medică, , ,
 * Romansch: medi
 * Russian:,  ,  ,  , ,
 * Sanskrit:, ,
 * Sardinian: medicu, datori
 * Scottish Gaelic: lighiche, lèigh, dotair
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ле̑чнӣк, лије̑чнӣк, лѐка̄р, љѐка̄р, врачитељ, здравник
 * Roman: lȇčnīk,, , , vračitelj ,
 * Sicilian:
 * Sinhalese: දොස්තර,
 * Slovak:, , , lekárka
 * Slovene:, zdravnica
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: gójc, duchtaŕ
 * Sotho: ngaka
 * Spanish: ,
 * Sranan Tongo: datra
 * Swahili:, dokta
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:, manggagamot
 * Tajik:, табиб, , ҳаким
 * Tamil:, வைதியர்
 * Tangsa: tsiqshäraz
 * Tatar: доктор,
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:, , , อายุรแพทย์
 * Tibetan: ཨེམ་ཆི
 * Tigrinya: ዶክተር
 * Tocharian B: saṃtkīnau
 * Tok Pisin: dokta
 * Tswana: ngaka
 * Tumbuka: dokotala
 * Turkish:, , ,
 * Turkmen: lukman, hekim, wraç
 * Cyrillic: врач
 * Ukrainian:, , ме́дик
 * Unami: ntaktël
 * Urdu: ڈاکْٹَر, حَکِیم, طَبِیب
 * Uyghur: دوختۇر, تېۋىپ
 * Uzbek:, , ,
 * Venetian: medego, miedego,, dotor
 * Vietnamese: bác sĩ y khoa,, , ,
 * Volapük:, hisanan , sanel , medinel
 * Walloon:, ,
 * Welsh:
 * Yakut: быраас
 * Yámana: takter
 * Yiddish: דאָקטער
 * Zhuang: canghyw
 * Zulu:, umelaphi,  , ugedla


 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: دُكْتُورَة, دُكْتُورَة, دُكْتُورَة, طَبِيبة, حَكِيمَة
 * Aramaic:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܣܝܼܬܵܐ
 * Classical Syriac: ܐܣܝܬܐ
 * Jewish Aramaic: אָסִיתָא
 * Asturian:
 * Belarusian: ле́карка
 * Breton: doktorez
 * Bulgarian: до́кторка, ле́карка
 * Catalan:
 * Cornish: medhoges
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kuracistino
 * French: femme médecin, ,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἰάτρια
 * Hebrew: רוֹפְאָה
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Interlingua: medica
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: ārste
 * Lithuanian: daktarė, gydytoja
 * Macedonian: лекарка
 * Maltese: tabiba
 * Manx: ben lhee
 * Polish:, , medyczka
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: medică, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: лечница, лијечница, лекарка, љекарка,, врачитељица, здравница
 * Roman: lečnica,, , ljekarka, , vračiteljica, zdravnica
 * Slovak:, lekárka
 * Slovene: zdravnica
 * Spanish: ,
 * Ukrainian: лі́карка
 * Volapük: jisanan
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: meddyges