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ex·tern

or ex·terne (ĕk′stûrn′)

A person associated with but not officially residing in an institution, especially a nonresident physician on a hospital staff.

[Latin externus, external; see external.]

ex′tern·ship′ n.

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extern

(ˈɛkstɜːn; ɪkˈstɜːn) or

externe

(Professions) US a person, such as a physician at a hospital, who has an official connection with an institution but does not reside in it

[C16: from Latin externus external]

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ex•tern

(ˈɛk stɜrn)

n.

a person connected with an institution but not residing in it, as a doctor at a hospital.

[1525–35; < Latin externus, derivative of exter, exterus (see exterior)]

ex′tern•ship`, n.

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extern - a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there

medical extern

doc, doctor, physician, Dr., MD, medico - a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"

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extern

[ˈekstɜːn] N (US) (Med) → externo/a m/f

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Certainly it is good to compound employments of both; for that will be good for the present, because the virtues of either age, may correct the defects of both; and good for succession, that young men may be learners, while men in age are actors; and, lastly, good for extern accidents, because authority followeth old men, and favor and popularity, youth.

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