Definition
外科 (wàikē) is the branch of medicine dealing with surgery — it refers to the field or department, not the procedure itself. 手术 (shǒushù) is the actual surgical operation or the act of performing surgery. For example, 外科医生 is a surgeon, while 做手术 means 'to have/perform surgery'.
noun
surgery (branch of medicine)
Examples
- 外科，。Tā shì yì míng wài kē yīshēng, zhuānmén zuò xīnzàng shǒushù.He is a surgeon who specializes in heart surgery.
- 外科。wài kē xūyào hěn duō nián de xuéxí hé xùnliàn.Surgery requires many years of study and training.
- 外科。Zhè jiā yīyuàn de wài kē fēicháng yǒumíng.The surgery department of this hospital is very famous.
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