外科 (wài kē) — surgery (branch of medicine)
Definition
外科 (wàikē) names the medical department or specialty of surgery — not the operation itself; use 手术 for the surgical procedure. Common in phrases like 外科医生 ('surgeon').
noun
surgery (branch of medicine)
Examples
- 外科，。Tā shì yì míng wài kē yī shēng, zhuān mén zuò xīn zàng shǒu shù.He is a surgeon who specializes in heart surgery.
- 外科。wài kē Xū yào hěn duō nián de xué xí hé xùn liàn.Surgery requires many years of study and training.
- 外科。Zhè jiā yī yuàn de wài kē fēi cháng yǒu míng.The surgery department of this hospital is very famous.
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