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.

plural of physician

(obsolete, rare) Licensed as a physician. / (rare) Provided or staffed with physicians.

Synonym of medical finger

A role (or the person who performs it) that extends a physician's oversight to a larger patient population than would otherwise be reasonable (by relieving the physician of much of the work done for, and time spent with, each patient); physician assistants and nurse practitioners can both provide this extension.

plural of physician extender

(capitalized when used as a person's title) A health care professional trained and licensed to perform a role similar to that of a physician but with somewhat narrower limits of authority; physician assistants and nurse practitioners have enough capabilities to be physician extenders, providing primary care and allowing physicians to spread their time across more patients.

plural of physician assistant

A physician (or doctor) who works at an emergency department to care for acutely ill patients.

plural of physician finger