脑外科

腦外科

nǎowàikē

noun #28,166

Meanings

1 neurosurgery
2 neurosurgery department

Characters

outside; external

department; branch; science

Examples

他的病情很严重，需要转到脑外科。

Tā de bìngqíng hěn yánzhòng, xūyào zhuǎn dào nǎowàikē.

His condition is serious; he needs to be transferred to the neurosurgery department.

脑外科医生需要接受多年的专业训练。

Nǎowàikē yīshēng xūyào jiēshòu duōnián de zhuānyè xùnliàn.

Neurosurgeons require many years of specialized training.

Tips

memory

脑 (brain) + 外科 (surgery/surgical department) = brain surgery department. 外科 literally means 'external medicine,' historically contrasting with 内科 (internal medicine).

Stroke Order

脑 nǎo

外 wài

科 kē