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The [[Greek]] [[word]] ἰατρός (iatrós, doctor or healer) is often translated as physician. Ἱατρός is not preserved directly in [[English]], but occurs in such formations as psychiatrist (translates from Greek as healer of the soul), podiatrist (foot healer), and iatrogenic disease (a disease caused by medical treatment). In Latin, the word medicus meant much what physician or doctor does now. Compare these [[translations]] of a well-known proverb (the nouns are in vocative case):
The [[Greek]] [[word]] ἰατρός (iatrós, doctor or healer) is often translated as physician. Ἱατρός is not preserved directly in [[English]], but occurs in such formations as psychiatrist (translates from Greek as healer of the soul), podiatrist (foot healer), and iatrogenic disease (a disease caused by medical treatment). In Latin, the word medicus meant much what physician or doctor does now. Compare these [[translations]] of a well-known proverb (the nouns are in vocative case):
:Ἰατρέ, θεράπευσον σεαυτόν (Greek New Testament: Luke, 4:23)
:Medice, cura teipsum (from the Vulgate, early 5th century)
:Physician, heal thyself (from the Authorized King James Version, 1611)
The ancient [[Romans]] also had the word archiater, for court physician. Archiater derives from the ancient Greek ἀρχιατρός (from ἄρχω + ἰατρός, chief healer). By contraction, this title has given modern German its word for physician: Arzt.
The ancient [[Romans]] also had the word archiater, for court physician. Archiater derives from the ancient Greek ἀρχιατρός (from ἄρχω + ἰατρός, chief healer). By contraction, this title has given modern German its word for physician: Arzt.
Leech and leechcraft are archaic [[English]] words respectively for doctor and medicine. The Old English word for "physician", læċe, which is related to Old High German lāhhi and Old Irish liaig, lives on as the modern English word leech, as these particular [[creatures]] were formerly much used by the medical [[profession]]. Cognate forms for leech exist in Scandinavian languages: in modern Swedish as läkare, in Danish as læge, in modern Norwegian as lege (bokmål) or lækjar (nynorsk), and in Finnish as lääkäri. These Scandinavian words still translate as doctor or physician rather than as a blood-sucking parasite.
Leech and leechcraft are archaic [[English]] words respectively for doctor and medicine. The Old English word for "physician", læċe, which is related to Old High German lāhhi and Old Irish liaig, lives on as the modern English word leech, as these particular [[creatures]] were formerly much used by the medical [[profession]]. Cognate forms for leech exist in Scandinavian languages: in modern Swedish as läkare, in Danish as læge, in modern Norwegian as lege (bokmål) or lækjar (nynorsk), and in Finnish as lääkäri. These Scandinavian words still translate as doctor or physician rather than as a blood-sucking parasite.
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*1 : a [[person]] [[skilled]] in the art of [[healing]]; specifically : one educated, clinically [[experienced]], and licensed to [[practice]] [[medicine]] as usually distinguished from surgery
*1 : a [[person]] [[skilled]] in the art of [[healing]]; specifically : one educated, clinically [[experienced]], and licensed to [[practice]] [[medicine]] as usually distinguished from surgery
