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junior doctor

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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junior doctor (plural junior doctors)

  1. (UK) A qualified, practicing doctor who has completed graduate medical education and is undergoing postgraduate training.
    I was attended to by a junior doctor.

Usage notes

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Due to misusage of the term,[1] the British Medical Association, the UK's body for medical professionals, has voted to deprecate the term "junior doctor" in favour of "resident doctor" in the future.[2]

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