Physicking

phys·ic  (fzk)

n.

1. A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic.

2. Archaic The art or profession of medicine.

tr.v. phys·icked, phys·ick·ing, phys·ics

1. To act on as a cathartic.

2. To cure or heal.

3. To treat with or as if with medicine.

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[Middle English phisik, from Old French fisique, medical science, natural science, from Latin, natural science, from Greek phusik, feminine of phusikos, of nature, from phusis, nature; see bheu- in Indo-European roots.]