<entry id="2208409" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1313110</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>歯科</keb>
<ke_pri>ichi1</ke_pri>
<ke_pri>news1</ke_pri>
<ke_pri>nf12</ke_pri>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>しか</reb>
<re_pri>ichi1</re_pri>
<re_pri>news1</re_pri>
<re_pri>nf12</re_pri>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>dentistry</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2022-09-04 16:37:03" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Hendrik</upd_name>
<upd_detl>From personal observation I know that people use "歯科" colloquially like "歯医者", perhaps simply as a shortened form of "歯科医" or "歯科医院". Is there a way to account for this in the dictionary? I don't know, however, if this colloquialism is specific to Okinawa or more widely obervable.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-09-06 00:26:00" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>It sounds plausible that 歯科 could be used colloquially as an abbreviation of 歯科医, 歯科医師, etc., but since it's not in any references, I feel we need to see some examples of actual use. I've done a bit of Googling looking for cases where it's used in the same contexts as 歯科医, etc. but no success.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-09-12 11:04:10" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I'll close this - it doesn't seem Hendrik is checking.</upd_detl>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>