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医学

医学

See also: 醫學

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 医学 – see 醫學. (This term, 医学, is the simplified form of 醫學.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
医	学
い Grade: 3	がく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

On'yomi
(Tokyo) いがく [íꜜgàkù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [iɡ̃a̠kɯᵝ]

Noun

医学 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 醫學, hiragana いがく, romaji igaku)

medicine (the science)

Derived terms

医学的 (いがくてき) ‎(igakuteki): medical

Compounds

医学生 (いがくせい) ‎(igakusei): medical student; medical intern
医学士 (いがくし) ‎(igakushi): Bachelor of Medicine
医学部 (いがくぶ) ‎(igakubu): medical dept.; medical faculty
中医学 (ちゅういがく) ‎(chūigaku): Chinese medicine

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.