肝胆外科

肝膽外科

gāndǎn wàikē

noun

Meanings

1 hepatobiliary surgery department
2 liver and gallbladder surgery

Characters

external/surgical

Examples

胆结石患者转到了肝胆外科。

Dǎnjiéshí huànzhě zhuǎn dào le gāndǎn wàikē.

The gallstone patient was transferred to hepatobiliary surgery.

肝胆外科主要做肝癌和胆囊手术。

Gāndǎn wàikē zhǔyào zuò gān'ái hé dǎnnáng shǒushù.

Hepatobiliary surgery mainly handles liver cancer and gallbladder operations.

Tips

usage

肝 = liver, 胆 = gallbladder. 肝胆 also idiomatically means 'courage/loyalty' (see 肝胆相照 'open-hearted devotion'), but in medical signage it's strictly anatomical.

Stroke Order

肝 gān

胆 dǎn

外 wài

科 kē