a. | 1. | Internal. |
v. t. | 1. | To put for safe keeping in the interior of a place or country; to confine to one locality; |
2. | To hold until the end of a war, as enemy citizens in a country at the time of outbreak of hostilities; - an action performed by countries. | |
n. | 1. | (Med.) A resident physician in a hospital, especially one who has recently received the Doctorate and is practising under supervision of experienced physicians, as a continuation of the training process; a house physician; also called |
2. | A person working as an apprentice to gain experience in an occupation; sometimes the position is paid a salary, and other times it is not; |
Noun | 1. | intern - an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term) |
Verb | 1. | intern - deprive of freedom; "During WWII, Japanese were interned in camps in the West" |
2. | intern - work as an intern; "The toung doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year" |