noun
court physician; imperial physician
Historical term for a doctor serving the imperial court or a shogunate. In modern contexts, may refer to the current Imperial Household Agency physicians.
江戸時代、侍医は将軍の健康を管理した。
In the Edo period, court physicians managed the shogun's health.
宮内庁の侍医が天皇陛下の診察にあたる。
The Imperial Household Agency's court physicians attend to His Majesty the Emperor.
Compound of 侍 (じ, 'to serve a noble') and 医 (い, 'physician'). The reading じい is a straightforward combination of the on'yomi readings.