physical.
Of medicine.
Meaning & usage
Of medicine. Pertaining to the field of medicine; medical.
Of medicine. That practises medicine; pertaining to doctors, physicianly.
Of medicine. Medicinal; good for the health, curative, therapeutic.
Of matter and nature. Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind, having to do with the material world.
It's not so much a physical place as a state of mind.
Of matter and nature. In accordance with the laws of nature; now specifically, pertaining to physics.
The substance has a number of interesting physical properties.
Of matter and nature. Denoting a map showing natural features of the landscape (compare political).
Of the human body. Having to do with the body as opposed to the mind; corporeal, bodily.
Insults can hurt a lot more than physical injuries.
Are you feeling any physical effects?
Of the human body. Sexual, carnal.
to get physical
Of the human body. Involving bodily force or contact; vigorous, aggressive.
This team plays a very physical game, so watch out.
Of a piece of media, existing as a tangible object instead of being digital.
There is just something so amazing about reading a physical book as compared to an e-book.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin physicālis, from Latin physica (“study of nature”), from Ancient Greek φυσική (phusikḗ), feminine singular of φυσικός (phusikós, “natural; physical”), from φύσις (phúsis, “origin, birth; nature, quality; form, shape; type, kind”), from φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō, “grow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”).
A physical examination.
How long has it been since your last physical?
A physical manifestation of psychic origin, as through ectoplasmic solidification.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin physicālis, from Latin physica (“study of nature”), from Ancient Greek φυσική (phusikḗ), feminine singular of φυσικός (phusikós, “natural; physical”), from φύσις (phúsis, “origin, birth; nature, quality; form, shape; type, kind”), from φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō, “grow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”).
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