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phys

nature

Greek · physis (φύσις)

Greek physis 'nature'. Phys words are about nature and the natural world: physics studies matter and energy, physical is of the body or matter, a physician treats natural illness, metaphysics goes beyond nature.

Memory trick

PHYSics studies the whole of NATURE: PHYS always points to nature and matter.

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