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(いがく) (igaku).

Noun

ilmu kedokteran

(education) medicine, the study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.

Further reading

“ilmu kedokteran” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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