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Noun: intern  inturn
  1. An advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience
    - interne [Brit], houseman [Brit], medical intern [Brit]
Verb: intern  in'turn
  1. Deprive of freedom
    "During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West"
     
  2. Work as an intern
    "The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year"

Sounds like: interne, in turn

Derived forms: interning, interns, interned

See also: internee, internist, internment, internship

Type of: confine, detain, doc, doctor, Dr., MD, medico, physician, work

Encyclopedia: Intern