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 Phys·ic n.
 1. The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine; -- an archaic term, superseded by medicine. [archaic]  “A doctor of physik.”
 2. A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.
 3. Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic.
 4. A physician. [R.]
 Physic nut Bot., a small tropical American euphorbiaceous tree (Jatropha Curcas), and its seeds, which are well flavored, but contain a drastic oil which renders them dangerous if eaten in large quantities.

 Bar·ba·dos or Bar·ba·does  n. A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc.
 Barbados cherry Bot., a genus of trees of the West Indies (Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a cherry.
 Barbados leg Med., a species of elephantiasis incident to hot climates.
 Barbados nuts, the seeds of the Jatropha curcas, a plant growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See Physic nut.
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