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HOUSE PHYSICIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does house physician mean?
• HOUSE PHYSICIAN (noun)
The noun HOUSE PHYSICIAN has 1 sense:
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
Familiarity information: HOUSE PHYSICIAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
house physician; resident; resident physician
Context example:
the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital
Hypernyms ("house physician" is a kind of...):
doc; doctor; Dr.; MD; medico; physician (a licensed medical practitioner)
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