獣医

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: In 獣医 (じゅうい), animal 獣 and physician 医 combine to denote a veterinarian.
• Basic usage: 獣医 denotes a veterinarian who diagnoses and treats animals.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Veterinarian as a person
  • It names the person, not veterinary medicine as a field or an animal hospital as a place, and 獣医が marks the practitioner as subject.