D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Physician

/(fĭ*zĭsh"an)/ · Phy·si·cian · IPA /fəˈzɪʃən/
01 n. A person skilled in medicine, or the art of healing; especially, one trained and licensed to treat illness and prescribe medicines; a docto…
  1. 1.
    A person skilled in medicine, or the art of healing; especially, one trained and licensed to treat illness and prescribe medicines; a doctor of medicine.
  2. 2.
    Hence, figuratively, one who ministers to moral diseases; as, a physician of the soul.