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外科

wài kē

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

外科 (wài kē) means "surgery (branch of medicine)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 外科 means

1. surgery (branch of medicine)

The characters in 外科

• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign
• 科kēbranch of study; administrative section; division

Example sentences

• 我父亲是一名外科专家。
  Wǒ fùqin shì yī míng wàikē zhuānjiā.
  My father is an expert surgeon.
• 他是一个优秀的脑外科医生。
  He's an excellent brain surgeon.
• 他的圈子里有两人是医生，一个是外科医生，另一个是眼科医生。
  Tā de quānzi lǐ yǒu liǎng rén shì yīshēng, yī gè shì wàikēyīshēng, lìngyī gè shì yǎnkēyīshēng.
  There are two doctors in his circle of friends, a surgeon and an ophthalmologist.

Words starting with 外科

• 外科学wài kē xuésurgery
• 外科手术wài kē shǒu shùsurgery
• 外科医生wài kē yī shēngsurgeon; as opposed to physician 内科医生

Words containing 外科

• 整形外科zhěng xíng wài kēplastic surgery; orthopedics
• 神经外科shén jīng wài kēneurosurgery
• 普外科pǔ wài kē(medicine) general surgery (abbr. for 普通外科
• 整形外科医生zhěng xíng wài kē yī shēngplastic surgeon
• 泌尿外科mì niào wài kēurology
• 矫形外科jiǎo xíng wài kēorthopedic surgery

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