小児科

• 読み: しょうにか
• ローマ字: shounika
• 漢字の分解: 小 (shou) — small; 児 (ni/ji) — child, infant; 科 (ka) — department, branch
• 発音: /ɕoː.ni.ka/

意味

Paediatrics; paediatric department. The branch of medicine that deals with children's health.

A noun for the medical specialty focused on infants, children, and adolescents. In hospitals, it refers to the paediatric department or ward. A 小児科医 (shounikaqi) is a paediatrician. Japan faces a shortage of paediatricians, making this a frequently discussed topic in healthcare news.

例文

1. 子どもが熱を出したので、小児科に連れて行った。
2. この地域には小児科のある病院が少ない。
3. 小児科の先生に予防接種の相談をした。

使い方ガイド

場面: hospitals, parenting, health

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 小児 (shouni, small child) + 科 (ka, department/branch). 小 means 'small' and 児 means 'child,' together forming the medical term for children as patients.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal