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Noun: resident physician
  1. A physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
    "the resident physician was receiving special clinical training at the hospital";
    - house physician, resident [N. Amer]

Derived forms: resident physicians

Type of: doc [informal], doctor, Dr., MD, medico [informal], physician

Encyclopedia: Resident physician