| physeal | Pertaining to the physis, or growth cartilage area, separating the metaphysis and the epiphysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| physemaria | <zoology> A group of simple marine organisms, usually classed as the lowest of the sponges. They have inflated hollow bodies. Origin: NL, from Gr. A blowing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| physeter | 1. <zoology> The genus that includes the sperm whale. 2. A filtering machine operated by air pressure. Origin: L, fr. Gr, fr. To blow: cf. F. Physetere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| physi- | See: physio-. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physianthropy | The philosophy of human life, or the doctrine of the constitution and diseases of man, and their remedies. Origin: Gr. Nature + man. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| physiatrician | A physician who specialises in physiatry (rehabilitation medicine). (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiatrics | 1. Old term for physical therapy. 2. Rehabilitation management. Origin: G. Physis, nature, + iatrikos, healing (05 Mar 2000) |
| physiatrist | A physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Physiatrists specialise in restoring optimal function to people with injuries to the muscles, bones, tissues, and nervous system (such as stroke victims). (12 Dec 1998) |
| physiatry | A medical specialty concerned with the use of physical agents, mechanical apparatus, and manipulation in rehabilitating physically diseased or injured patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| physic | 1. The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine. "A doctor of physik." 2. A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine. 3. Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic. 4. A physician. <botany> Physic nut, a small tropical American euphorbiaceous tree (Jatropha Curcas), and its seeds, which are well flavored, but contain a drastic oil which renders them dangerous if eaten in large quantities. Origin: OE. Phisike, fisike, OF. Phisique, F. Physique knowledge of nature, physics, L. Physica, physice, fr. Gr, fr. Natural, from nature, fr. To produce, grow, akin to E. Be. See Be, and cf. Physics, Physique. 1. To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, especially. A cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge. 2. To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure. "The labour we delight in physics pain." (Shak) "A mind diseased no remedy can physic." (Byron) Origin: Physiced; Physicking. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| physical | Pertaining to the body, to material things or to physics. (18 Nov 1997) |
| physical age | The age in terms of structure rather than of function or of passage of time. Synonym: physical age. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physical allergy | Excessive response to factors in the environment such as heat or cold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physical anthropology | The study of the physical attributes of human beings. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physical conditioning, animal | Physical conditioning of domestic, laboratory, and zoo animals. Includes exercising of animals. (12 Dec 1998) |