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Noun: intern  'in,turn
  1. An advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience
    "The intern worked long hours in the emergency room";
    - interne [Brit], houseman [Brit], medical intern [Brit]
     
  2. A student who works (often without pay) in order to gain experience
    "She worked as an intern at a law firm during the summer"
Verb: intern  'in,turn
  1. Deprive of freedom
    "During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West"
Verb: intern[2]  'in,turn
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Work as an intern
    "The young doctor is interning at the medical centre this year"

Sounds like: insula, insutern, interne, in

Derived forms: interns, interned, interning

Type of: confine, detain, doc [informal], doctor, Dr., MD, medico [informal], physician, sawbones [informal], work

Encyclopedia: Intern