physical

== English == === Alternative forms === physickal (obsolete) === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɪzɪkəl/, [ˈfɪzɪkəl] ~ [ˈfɪzɪkl̩] Rhymes: -ɪzɪkəl Hyphenation: phys‧ic‧al === Adjective === physical (comparative more physical, superlative most physical) Of medicine. (obsolete) Pertaining to the field of medicine; medical. [15th–19th c.] (obsolete) That practises medicine; pertaining to doctors, physicianly. [18th c.] (obsolete) Medicinal; good for the health, curative, therapeutic. [16th–19th c.] 1579, Thomas North, translating Pliny, Parallel Lives: Phisicall [translating φαρμακώδεις (pharmakṓdeis)] herbes, as Helleborum, Lingewort, or Beares foote. Of matter and nature. Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind, having to do with the material world. [from 16th c.] Synonym: See Thesaurus:substantial In accordance with the laws of nature; now specifically, pertaining to physics. [from 16th c.] Denoting a map showing natural features of the landscape (compare political). [from 18th c.] Of the human body. Having to do with the body as opposed to the mind; corporeal, bodily. [from 18th c.] Sexual, carnal. [from 18th c.] to get physical Involving bodily force or contact; vigorous, aggressive. [from 20th c.] Of a piece of media, existing as a tangible object instead of being digital. ==== Antonyms ==== mental, psychical, psychological, spiritual; having to do with the mind or spirit (or both) viewed as distinct from body. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === physical (plural physicals) (medicine) A physical examination. (parapsychology) A physical manifestation of psychic origin, as through ectoplasmic solidification. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ====