physician : Idioms & Phrases
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Botanic physician
- a physician whose medicines consist chiefly of herbs and roots.
Webster 1913
Consulting physician
(Med.) , a physician who consults with the attending practitioner regarding any case of disease.
Webster 1913
Eclectic physician
- one of a class of practitioners of medicine, who select their modes of practice and medicines from all schools; formerly, sometimes the same as botanic physician. U.S.
Webster 1913
House physician
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noun a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
resident; house physician.
- the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital
WordNet
- the resident medical adviser of a hospital or other public institution.
Webster 1913
physician-assisted suicide
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noun assisted suicide where the assistant is a physician
WordNet
physician-patient privilege
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noun the right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patient
WordNet
primary care physician
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noun the physician who provides primary care
- the primary care physician acts as a gatekeeper to the medical system
WordNet
resident physician
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noun a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
resident; house physician.
- the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital
