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医学 (いがく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

医い学がく

い

が

く

Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun

medicine; medical science

The academic field and profession of medicine; used in formal and everyday contexts.

彼かれは医い学がくを学まなぶために大だい学がくに進しん学がくした。
He entered university to study medicine.
医い学がくの進

しん

歩ぽ

は

目め

覚ざ

ましい

。

Advances in medical science are remarkable.

Kanji

医doctor, medicine
学study, learning, science

Similar words

医い療りょう
医療 refers to medical care and treatment, while 医学 is the academic study of medicine.
医い者しゃ
医者 is a doctor or physician, whereas 医学 is the field of medicine itself.

Etymology

Compound of 医 (medicine, doctor) and 学 (study, learning). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'medical science'.