Intern (Noun)
Meaning
An advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The young doctor was accepted as an intern at a prestigious hospital in the city.
- She spent two years as an intern in the emergency department before applying for a residency.
- As an intern, he was assigned to assist an experienced surgeon with daily operations.
- Her university had a well-established internship program for medical students and she eagerly signed up.
- After graduating at the top of his class, he won a highly competitive internship at a research hospital.