消化科由於歷史發展的異名,或再細分亞專科,另稱:胃腸科(gastroenterology)、胃腸學、胃腸病科、腸胃病學、肝膽科(hepatobiliology)、肝膽學、肝膽病科、肝膽病學、胃腸肝膽科[4][5](gastroenterology and hepatology)、消化肝膽[6]科等等。
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