眼科 (yǎn kē) — ophthalmology; eye department (in a hospital)
Definition
In a Chinese hospital, the 眼科 is the eye department — the medical specialty for eye and vision problems. The first character is the eye (眼); 科 means 'department' or 'specialty,' used the same way as 内科 (internal medicine) or 外科 (surgery).
noun
ophthalmologyeye department (in a hospital)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- ，眼科。Wǒ zuì jìn yǎn jing bù shū fu, xiǎng qù yǎn kē kàn kàn.My eyes have been bothering me lately; I want to go see an ophthalmologist.
- 眼科。Zhè jiā yī yuàn de yǎn kē yī shēng fēi cháng yǒu jīng yàn.The ophthalmologists at this hospital are very experienced.
- 眼科，。Tā shì yì míng yǎn kē zhuān jiā, zhuān gōng bái nèi zhàng shǒu shù.He is an ophthalmology specialist focusing on cataract surgery.
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