noun
quack doctor; incompetent physician
Abbreviation of 藪医者. A derogatory term for an unskilled or fraudulent doctor. Often used in informal or critical contexts.
See also: 藪医者
あの藪医にかかると、風邪でも手術されそうで怖い。
If you go to that quack, you might end up getting surgery even for a cold—it's scary.
藪医者を略して藪医と言うこともある。
Sometimes 藪医者 is abbreviated to 藪医.
Full form of the same term; more common and slightly less clipped. 藪医 is an abbreviation used in casual speech.
Abbreviation of 藪医者 (yabuisha), literally 'bush doctor', implying a doctor who practices in the bushes (i.e., without proper training or credentials). The exact origin is uncertain, but the term has been used since the Edo period.