junior doctor
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[edit]Noun
[edit]junior doctor (plural junior doctors)
- (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
[edit]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]