小しょう児に科か

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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pediatrics

Medical department specializing in children's health; commonly used in hospital and clinic contexts.

My child had a fever, so I took them to the pediatrics department.

彼かの女じょは小しょう児に科かの医い師しを目め指ざしている。

She is aiming to become a pediatrician.

〈場ば所しょ〉の小しょう児に科かに行いくto go to the pediatrics department (at a place)
熱ねつが下さがらないので、近ちかくの病びょう院いんの小しょう児に科かに行いった。
Since the fever wouldn't go down, I went to the pediatrics department at a nearby hospital.
小しょう児に科かを受じゅ診しんするto see a doctor at the pediatrics department
子こ供どもが咳せきをするので小しょう児に科かを受じゅ診しんした。
Since my child was coughing, we saw a doctor at pediatrics.

内ない科かN3
内科 treats adults' internal medicine, while 小児科 specifically treats children, so the two departments are easy to mix up when choosing a clinic.
産さん婦ふ人じん科かN1
産婦人科 handles pregnancy and women's reproductive health, whereas 小児科 handles children's general health, so learners may confuse which department to visit.
小しょう児に病びょう
小児病 refers to childhood diseases themselves, while 小児科 is the medical department (pediatrics) that treats them.

Compound of 小児 (child) + 科 (department, field of study). The term is a straightforward Sino-Japanese medical compound.