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resident

resident

220 5.7
A doctor in training who lives and works in a hospital under senior doctors
  • noun
  • /ˈrɛzɪdənt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : médico residente
  • We have shown that ESS can be performed safely by residents under close supervision.
  • interns and residents
  • performed by residents
  • residents under supervision

I, I was the chief medical resident and yet I was miserable.

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Examples

  • I'm a surgical resident.

  • Now a chief resident is in their last year of training.

  • I, I was the chief medical resident and yet I was miserable.

  • Nor did she have trouble finding the resident attending to her care.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The majority of managed care organizations do not teach medical students, residents, and fellows.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The resident surgeon has been burning the midnight oils.

  • And because she was a senior resident here, we've taken some fairly extraordinary measures to make her feel more comfortable these last three months.

  • In both of these papers, the surgeries were performed by senior residents under faculty supervision.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Lieutenant Ashley has just received a telephone call from a Dr. Alan Falconer, who is a resident surgeon here at the hospital.

  • As a surgical resident, she is gaining hands-on experience under the guidance of experienced doctors.

Synonyms

intern
vsresident
  • Specialized
88 4.5

A medical graduate working in a hospital to gain supervised experience

implies living on-site and working within the hospital under supervision
houseman
vsresident
  • UK
6 8.1

A junior doctor who works in a hospital to learn and get practical experience

emphasizes living at and working inside the hospital during training
resident physician
vsresident
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A doctor who lives and works in a hospital while training under senior staff to care for patients

is the shorter common label for the same hospital training role
house physician
vsresident
  • UK
6.1

A doctor who lives in a hospital and cares for patients under senior doctors' supervision

is used specifically for a doctor still undergoing formal postgraduate training
medical intern
vsresident
  • Specialized
3.4

A person training to be a doctor while working with help from senior doctors in a hospital

focuses on a trainee who lives and works inside hospital under senior staff supervision
interne
vsresident
  • Archaic
8.8

A doctor in training who works in a hospital under a senior doctor

is used for a trainee expected to live and work in hospital under supervision

Compounds

resident physician
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A doctor who lives and works in a hospital while training under senior staff to care for patients

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9.9

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9.9

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How Senior

attending
  • Specialized
12 6.0
resident
  • Specialized
220 5.7
intern
  • Specialized
88 4.5

Surface Forms

resident singular
residents plural

Morphology

resident = reside (semi-transparent) = reside + ent

Formally 'one who resides', but the specialized medical meaning ('physician in training who resides at a hospital') is institutional and not directly inferable from the components without domain knowledge.

Etymology

Resident comes from the Latin residere, which means 'to stay', and a helpful way to remember the medical use is that a hospital resident is a doctor who stays and works at the hospital while they train.