Lexic.us

Definition of Intern

1. Noun. An advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience ('houseman' is a British term).

2. Verb. Deprive of freedom. "During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West"

3. Verb. Work as an intern. "The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year"

Definition of Intern

1. a. Internal.

2. v. t. To put for safe keeping in the interior of a place or country; to confine to one locality; as, to intern troops which have fled for refuge to a neutral country.

Definition of Intern

1. Noun. A person who is interned, forceably or voluntarily. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To imprison somebody, usually without trial. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive computing) To internalize. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To work as an intern. Usually with little or no pay or other legal prerogatives of employment, for the purpose of furthering a program of education. ¹

5. Adjective. (archaic) Internal. ¹

6. Noun. A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field ¹

7. Noun. A med student or recently graduated medical student working in a hospital as a final part of medical training ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intern

1. to confine during a war [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Intern

1. An person who has graduated from medical school and is engaged in further training at a hospital before practicing medicine. An American term. In the UK, the equivalent pos is that of house officer. (20 Sep 2002)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intern

intermont intermontane intermorph intermountain intermundane intermundian intermural intermured intermuscular intermuscular gluteal bursa

intermuscular septum intermutation intermutations intermutual intermyocardial intern (current term) internal internal-combustion engine internal-external control internal acoustic foramen

internal acoustic pore internal adhesive pericarditis internal affairs internal anal sphincter internal angle internal arcuate fibres internal attachment internal auditor internal auditory artery internal auditory canal

Literary usage of Intern

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1866)
"Flassan, Diplomatie Française, i. 323. Ward's Hist. ii. 361. Halleck's intern. Law, 861. Wildman's intern. Law, i. 140. Burlamaqui, Droit des Gens, torn. v. ..."

2. Register by University of California, Berkeley, California, University (1915)
"He must have discharged all indebtedness to the School. intern ... academic course in Medicine with a year as intern in an approved hospital or laboratory ..."

3. Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1887)
"Address to the Reader, intern, evid. Appeal to the Publick in behalf of the Editor, ... Preface, intern, evid. Essay on the Account of the Conduct of the ..."

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