extern
1
8.8
- noun
- /ˈɛkstɜrn/
- Specialized
:
externo
- The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has put forth various guidance documents regarding individuals with questionable employment status, such as trainees, interns, and externs.
- trainees, interns, and externs
Examples
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She was collected by an extern sister and driven through the Ozark foothills back home to the cloister.
Fiction book (1994) -
Kind, too, was the extern I knew from an early age, Marie-Edith, who came to C from the village thrice weekly to help with meals; she also did our shopping, as the sisters were suspect of all worldly commerce.
Fiction book (2002) -
To more accurately identify consumer needs, rural communities in West Virginia developed a summer extern program funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Family Medicine Department, and the West Virginia University School of Medicine.
Academic text (1997) -
The rural communities involved in this project gained valuable information about their citizens' health and medical needs, and the externs said that the program increased their interest in a career in family medicine.
Academic text (1997) -
When I first got here, I thought things would be a little slow as we (Dana, the other extern, and I) got ourselves organized and set up some meetings, but that is not how it has gone.
Blog text (17) -
They have struggled to determine whether individuals who are not classified as employees by their employer and are instead labeled "trainees," "interns," "externs," or otherwise must be paid fair wages under the FLSA.
Academic text (2017) -
After completing her medical degree, Lisa worked as an extern at the city hospital to gain practical experience.
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During her externship, the medical student learned to examine patients and assist with procedures at the clinic.
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The extern shadowed the doctors and participated in daily rounds to better understand hospital operations.
Synonyms
A student or trainee who works at a hospital to get practical experience without living there
Compounds
- Specialized
A student or trainee who works at a hospital to get practical experience without living there
How Senior
537
3.8
- Specialized
220
5.7
- Specialized
88
4.5
- Specialized
1
8.8
42
2.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
Extern comes from the Latin prefix ex- meaning 'out', the same idea you see in exit and external. Think of an extern as someone who works at a hospital but stays 'out' — they help and learn there but do not live there.