He that lives physically must live miserably.
Cheyne.
Phy*si"cian (?), n. [OE. fisician, fisicien, OF. physucien, a
physician, in F., a natural philosopher, an experimentalist in physics.
See Physic.] 1. A person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one
duty authorized to prescribe remedies for, and treat, diseases; a
doctor of medicine.
2. Hence, figuratively, one who ministers to moral diseases; as, a
physician of the soul.
Phy*si"cianed (?), a. Licensed as a physician. [Obs.] "A physicianed
apothecary." Walpole.
Phys"i*cism (?), n. The tendency of the mind toward, or its
preoccupation with, physical phenomena; materialism in philosophy and
religion.
Anthropomorphism grows into theology, while physicism (if I may so
call it) develops into science.
Huxley.
Phys"i*cist (?), n. One versed in physics.
2. (Biol.) A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of
life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles;
-- opposed to vitalist.
Phys"ick*ing (?), p. pr. & vb. n. fr. Physic, v. t.
Phys"i*co- (?). [Fr. Gr. &?; natural, physical.] A combining form,
denoting relation to, or dependence upon, natural causes, or the
science of physics.
Phys`i*co*chem"ic*al (?), a. [Physico- + chemical.] Involving the
principles of both physics and chemistry; dependent on, or produced by,
the joint action of physical and chemical agencies. Huxley.
Phys`i*co*log"ic (?), n. [Physico- + logic.] Logic illustrated by
physics.
Phys`i*co*log"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to physicologic. Swift.
Phys`i*col"o*gy (?), n. [Physico- + -logy.] Physics. [R.] --
Phys`i*col"o*gist (#), n. [R.]
Phys`i*co-math`e*mat"ics (?), n. [Physico- + mathematics.] Mixed
mathematics.
Phys`i*co-phi*los"o*phy (?), n. [Physico- + philosophy.] The philosophy
of nature.
Phys`i*co-the*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Physico- + theology.] Theology or
divinity illustrated or enforced by physics or natural philosophy.
Phys"ics (?), n. [See Physic.] The science of nature, or of natural
objects; that branch of science which treats of the laws and properties
of matter, and the forces acting upon it; especially, that department
of natural science which treats of the causes (as gravitation, heat,
light, magnetism, electricity, etc.) that modify the general properties
of bodies; natural philosophy.
Chemistry, though a branch of general physics, is commonly treated as a
science by itself, and the application of physical principles which it
involves constitute a branch called chemical physics, which treats more
especially of those physical properties of matter which are used by
chemists in defining and distinguishing substances.
Phys"i*o*crat (?), n. [Gr. fy`sis nature + &?; to rule.] One of the
followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th century, founded a
system of political economy based upon the supremacy of natural order.
F. A. Walker. -- Phys`i*o*crat"ic (#), a.
Phys`i*og"e*ny (?), n. [Gr. fy`sis nature + root of &?; to be born.]
(Biol.) The germ history of the functions, or the history of the
development of vital activities, in the individual, being one of the
branches of ontogeny. See Morphogeny. Haeckel.
Phys`i*og"no*mer (?), n. Physiognomist.
{ Phys`i*og*nom"ic (?), Phys`i*og*nom"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;: cf. F.
physiognomonique.] Of or pertaining to physiognomy; according with the
principles of physiognomy. -- Phys`i*og*nom"ic*al*ly, adv.
Phys`i*og*nom"ist (?), n. Same as Physiognomy, 1.
Phys`i*og"no*mist (?), n. [Cf. F. physiognomiste.] 1. One skilled in
physiognomy. Dryden.