JLPT N2 · Noun

外科 (geka)

外科 (げか, geka) is a Japanese noun meaning “surgery (branch of medicine)”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: げか
Romaji: geka
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

surgery (branch of medicine) · noun
department of surgery · noun

Example sentences

これらの患者には外科的な処置だけでは十分とは言い難い。

For these patients, surgical treatment is far from being satisfactory.

Tatoeba #217938

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 外科

外

outsideガイ・ゲ・そと・ほか · 5 strokes

科

department, course, sectionカ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 外科.

外そとoutside外ほかanother place外国がいこくforeign country外国人がいこくじんforeigner郊外こうがいsuburb以外いがいexcluding案外あんがいunexpectedly意外いがいunexpected海外かいがいforeign外交がいこうdiplomacy外出がいしゅつgoing out例外れいがいexception外すはずすto remove外れるはずれるto be disconnected

Source: JMdict entry 1203380 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.