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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

소화기내과학

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sohwagi naegwahak

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Gastroenterology/ˌɡæs.troʊˌɛn.təˈrɒl.ə.dzi/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 소화기내과학을 전공했습니다."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The branch of medicine focused on the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders and diseases of the digestive system.

    "She was referred to a specialist in gastroenterology to investigate her chronic stomach pain."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Modern Latin, combining the Greek roots gastēr (stomach) and enteron (intestine) with the suffix -logia (study of). It entered medical English in the late 19th century as the medical specialty focusing on the digestive system emerged.

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