医学

See also: 醫學

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 医学 – see 醫學 (“medicine; medical science”).
(This term is the simplified form of 醫學).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
医 学
い
Grade: 3 		がく
Grade: 1
on'yomi goon
Alternative spelling
醫學 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 醫學 (MC 'i haewk). First attested in Japanese in the late 1400s in the 文明本節用集 (Bunmei Hon Setsuyō-shū, “Bunmei Edition Dictionary”), published some time during the Bunmei era (8 June 1469 through 9 August 1487).[1]

By surface analysis, 医(い) (i) + 学(がく) (-gaku).

Pronunciation

Noun

医(い)学(がく) • (igaku) 

  1. [from 1875] medicine (field of study), medical science
  2. [from late 1400s] medicine (practice), medical techniques
    Synonym: 医術 (ijutsu)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “医学”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN
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