診療科(しんりょうか)

Compound of 診療(しんりょう) ('medical examination and treatment') and 科(か) ('department; section'). The 科(か) element is the same suffix seen in school subject names like 理科(りか) and in other institutional divisions; here it designates the medical specialty each department covers.

Usage

• When patients make an appointment or visit reception, they are usually asked which 診療科(しんりょうか) they wish to see.
• Hospital websites list available departments under a 診療科(しんりょうか)一覧(いちらん) ('list of departments') menu.
• 総合(そうごう)診療科(しんりょうか) ('general medicine department') exists at larger hospitals for patients who are unsure which specialty fits their symptoms.

Common departments

• 内科(ないか): internal medicine
• 外科(げか): surgery
• 小児科(しょうにか): pediatrics
• 産婦人科(さんふじんか): obstetrics and gynecology
• 眼科(がんか): ophthalmology
• 耳鼻咽喉科(じびいんこうか): otolaryngology (ENT)
• 整形外科(せいけいげか): orthopedics
• 皮膚科(ひふか): dermatology
• 精神科(せいしんか): psychiatry

Common collocations

• 診療科(しんりょうか)一覧(いちらん): list of departments
• 診療科(しんりょうか)別(べつ): by department
• 診療科(しんりょうか)を受診(じゅしん)する: to consult a department
• 該当(がいとう)の診療科(しんりょうか): the relevant department

Similar words

• 科(か): department; field — used as a suffix (e.g., 内科(ないか)), rarely standing alone in the medical sense.
• 病棟(びょうとう): hospital ward — a physical ward within a hospital, not a clinical specialty.
• 専門医(せんもんい): specialist doctor — a doctor certified in a specific 診療科(しんりょうか).