adjective Referring to that which is planned or undertaken by choice and without urgency, as in elective surgery, see there noun Graduate education noun A short–±6 wk period of clinical contact undertaken by a 4^th-yr medical student, during which he/she learns about a field related to a planned specialty. See Match, Rotation.

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