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外科 (げか) — surgical department | JLPT N2 · Nihongo Circle

外科

げか

noun

Meanings

1surgical department
2surgery (branch of medicine)
3department of surgery

Example sentence

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.

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Kanji in this word

外Outside5 strokes 科Department, Course, Section9 strokes

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Full entry on Jisho

foreign ~

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