Korean slang profile

피정재

pijeongjae

A medical abbreviation grouping dermatology, psychiatry, and rehabilitation medicine.

Expanded form: 피부과 + 정신과 + 재활의학과피부과 (dermatology) + 정신과 (psychiatry) + 재활의학과 (rehabilitation medicine)
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Dec 5, 2012
Documented trend period: Not verified

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
그 기사에서 피정재라는 진료과 약칭을 처음 봤어.
I first saw the specialty abbreviation 피정재 in that article.

02Documented history

2012-12-05“2012년 신어 자료집”, published by the National Institute of Korean Language, included the headword and definition.[1]

03Origin & word formation

The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2012년 신어 자료집” lists the expression and explains its meaning. Its source-language information identifies the words that make up the expression. Its original creator and exact date of creation have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The headword, definition, and examples of usage on PDF page 64 were directly compared. This is based on a single collection; the older article texts quoted there were not directly checked. The earliest verified date is the collection’s publication date, given on the copyright page on PDF page 70.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

2012년 신어 자료집 — PDF 64쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 5, 2012Original source checked Nov 14, 2026