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Definition of Extern
1. Noun. A nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there.
Definition of Extern
1. a. External; outward; not inherent.
2. n. A pupil in a seminary who lives without its walls; a day scholar.
Definition of Extern
1. Noun. A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate. ¹
2. Noun. Outward form or part; exterior. ¹
3. Adjective. (obsolete rare) External. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Extern
1. a nonresident of an institution [n -S]
Medical Definition of Extern
1. An advanced student or recent graduate who assists in the medical or surgical care of hospital patients; formerly, one who lived outside of the institution. Origin: F. Externe, outside, a day scholar (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extern
Literary usage of Extern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"... extern, on Commem.so/Thomson. Ease frae toil, relief frac care : . 6". Frac the
friends t Her faithfu' mate will share her toil, ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Spec, outlier, nonmember, extern, exoteric; see FOREIGNER. outstrip, rt
pass (contextual); spec, distance, outdistance (emphatic for "distance"), ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In other countries the Loretto nuns invariably work up to the requisite standard
fixed by the extern educational authorities. (See INSTITUTE OF MARY. ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1902)
"We applied it ut the last term of this court at Jackson in the case of ]\ extern U.
Teleg. .... extern ..."
5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1882)
"formation respecting this Oxford celebrity, and Mr. Friend (who is about to remove
to the neighbourhood of Oxford) may find the means to extern] his ..."
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