interne

Hospital physician trainee

Interne is an older spelling of intern, referring to a medical graduate gaining supervised practical experience in a hospital.

The spelling with a final -e was standard in American medical contexts through the mid-twentieth century but has largely fallen out of use: The interne worked thirty-six-hour shifts.

medical

resident

One who inhabits

attending · on-call · clerkship · residency · fellowship · clinical · diagnosis · patient · treatment · ward

trainee

apprentice

Learner bound to employer

probationer · understudy · pupil · protégé · learner · fledgling · greenhorn · newbie · junior · shadowing

internment

detainee

Person held in custody

detention · wartime · captivity · POW · displacement · holding · custody · incarceration

Opposites
professional hierarchy/experience level

interneattending physician

Senior doctor supervising care

attending · chief of staff · department head · consultant · specialist

training status

internegraduate

One who earned degree

alumnus · medical student · emeritus · pre-med · retiree

Phrases
Family

internet, intern, international, interns, internment, interned, interning, internee, internees

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