intern /in·tern/ (
in´tern) a medical graduate serving in a hospital preparatory to being licensed to practice medicine.
intern [in′turn] Etymology: L, internus, inward
1 n, a physician in the first postgraduate year who is learning medical practice under supervision before beginning a residency program.
2 n, any immediate postgraduate trainee in a clinical program.
3 v, to work as an intern. Also spelled interne.
intern,n a dental or medical college graduate serving and residing for 12 months in a hospital, usually during the first year after receiving a D.D.S., D.M.D., D.O., or M.D. degree.
intern
a recent veterinary graduate serving and often residing in a hospital, with the objective of getting concentrated, supervised, postgraduate, in-service training in a particular field of veterinary science. Completion of a two-year program and assignments is usually rewarded with a certificate of performance or a diploma.
intern Graduate education A term of art equivalent to 'apprentice', used in North America for a graduate of a medical, osteopathic or dental school serving a first yr–'internship' of graduate clinical training, in a teaching
hospital. See
GME. Cf
CME,
Extern,
Fellow,
Internist.
Patient discussion about internment.
Q. DEAR SIR/ MADAM I HAVE CHESTPAIN I SMOKE AND ITS LIKE THERE IS FOAM INSIDE MY CHEST IS IT CANCER OR TB HELP. I HAVE SMOKED FOR 10YEARS BUT DUE TO THE PAIN I HAVE REDUCED TO ATLEAST 4 CIGARATES ITS KILE THERE IS FOARM INSIDE MY CHEST.AS SMOKING IS DIFFICULT TO GUITE I AM TRYING MY LEVEL BEST TO STOP BUT I AM WORRIED ABOUT LUNG CANCER AND TB PLEASE ADVISE ME OTHERWISE I AM NOT FEELING WELL.THANKS FOR YOUR ADVICE
A. I suggest,you go for some pulmonary function testing to see how far gone your disease is,if you have a pulmonary doctor,ask him for a --spirometer to use at home,he will teach you how to use it.chronic bronchitis is almost exclusively a smokers disease,the method of its prevention seems to be obvious and can be summerized in two words--NO SMOKING-there are an increasing number of young individuals taking up this potentially lethal habit,,spread the word to the young people in your family.the most important phase of treatment of chronic bronchitis is -outpatient management- which should include measures to control the progression of the disease,maybe even to reverse pathological changes in your lungs,to control or at least alliviate the symtoms.,,,you should be instructed about proper bronchial hygiene by adequate hydration(water)humidification of inspired air,postural drainage,and other respiratory maneuvers.,,,keep trying to stop,because none of this will work if you dont...peace....
Q. I have a constant pain in the inside part of my arm. What can it be? In the last few weeks I have noticed that I have a right arm pain. The strange thing is that the pain is in a specific point in the inside part of the arm, very near to the elbow. I thnk the pain started for the first time during a baseball game but I am not sure.
I work in a factory and as I sad before I use my right arm for baseball, and this pain hinders me.
What can it be?
A. It sound like you suffer from golfer's elbow.
I know you dont play golf its just the name of it.
you can hear (and see) more about it here:
http://www.5min.com/Video/What-is-Golfers-Elbow-5507
Q. l have a pain in the head,l can feel sometime inside.
A. sounds like you have a brain,lol, go see a doctor
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