医学

See also: 醫學

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 医学 – see 醫學 (“medicine; medical science”). (This term is the simplified form of 醫學).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, 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	goon

Alternative spelling
醫學 (kyūjitai)

医学 on Japanese Wikipedia

Medicine on Wikipedia

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 醫學 (MC 'i haewk). First attested in Japanese in the late 1400s in the 文明本節用集 (Bunmei Hon Setsuyō-shū, “Bunmei Edition Dictionary”), published some time during the Bunmei era (8 June 1469 through 9 August 1487).^[1]

By surface analysis, 医(い) (i) + 学(がく) (-gaku).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [iɡa̠kɯ̟]
(Tokyo) いがく [íꜜgàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[3]^[4]

Noun

医(い)学(がく) • (igaku)

[from 1875] medicine (field of study), medical science
[from late 1400s] medicine (practice), medical techniques
Synonym: 医術 (ijutsu)

Derived terms

医(い)学(がく)的(てき) (igakuteki, “medical”)
医(い)学(がく)生(せい) (igakusei, “medical student/intern”)
医(い)学(がく)士(し) (igakushi, “Bachelor of Medicine”)
医(い)学(がく)部(ぶ) (igakubu, “medical faculty”)
中(ちゅう)医(い)学(がく) (chūigaku, “Chinese medicine”)

References

^ “医学”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

[NKDc-1] “医学”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-4] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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