ilmu kedokteran
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of ilmu (“science”) + kedokteran (“medicine”), calque of Dutch geneeskunde. Compare to Chinese 醫學 / 医学 (yīxué), Japanese 医学 (igaku).
Noun
- (education) medicine, the study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness
Further reading
- “ilmu kedokteran”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016