noun
A medical doctor who performs operations. The standard Japanese term for a surgeon.
彼は有名な外科医です。
He is a famous surgeon.
外科医になるには長い訓練が必要だ。
Becoming a surgeon requires long training.
内科医 is a physician or internist who treats internal diseases without surgery, contrasting with 外科医.
Compound of 外科 (surgery) and 医 (doctor). The kanji 外 means 'outside', 科 means 'department', and 医 means 'medicine' or 'doctor'.