医学(いがく)

医学(いがく) refers to medical science as an academic discipline — the study and science of medicine, not medicine as a substance.

Compounds

• 医学部(いがくぶ): medical school/department
• 医学生(いがくせい): medical student
• 医学者(いがくしゃ): medical scientist
• 医学的(いがくてき): medical (adjective, as in 医学的(いがくてき)な根拠(こんきょ), medical evidence)

Related fields

• 歯学(しがく): dentistry
• 薬学(やくがく): pharmacy/pharmaceutical science
• 獣医学(じゅういがく): veterinary medicine

Important distinction

医学(いがく) = medical science (the field). For "medicine" as in medication/drugs, use 薬(くすり) or 医薬品(いやくひん).