physic
//ˈfɪzɪk//
Noun
physicsPlural
1
A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative.
The apothecary prepared a physic to relieve the patient's constipation.
2
The art or practice of healing disease; the medical profession.
He devoted his life to the study and practice of physic.
Verb
1
To treat with or administer medicine to; to cure or heal.
The doctor physicked the patient with herbal remedies.
2
To purge or cleanse with a cathartic medicine.
The doctor physicked the patient to relieve his constipation.