典てん薬やく

noun

court physician

Historical term for a physician serving the imperial court in pre-modern Japan. Not used in modern medical contexts.

• 典てん薬やくは宮きゅう中ちゅうで天皇てんのうや貴き族ぞくの治ち療りょうにあたった。

  The court physician treated the emperor and nobles within the palace.