典薬頭てんやくのかみ

noun

chief court physician (ritsuryō system)

Historical term for the head of the imperial medical bureau under the ritsuryō codes.

• 典薬頭てんやくのかみは律りつ令りょう制せい下かの官かん職しょくの一ひとつで、宮きゅう中ちゅうの医い療りょうを統とう括かつした。

  The Ten'yaku-no-kami was one of the official posts under the ritsuryō system, overseeing medical care in the imperial court.