resident doctor

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛzɪd(ə)nt ˈdɒktə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛzɪd(ə)nt ˈdɑktɚ/ === Noun === resident doctor (plural resident doctors) (UK) A qualified, practicing doctor who has completed graduate medical education and is undergoing postgraduate training. Synonym: junior doctor (former nomenclature) Hypernyms: resident < physician, doctor < person (informal) Any resident physician (medical resident) in any country. Synonym: resident Hypernyms: physician, doctor < person; see also Thesaurus:physician ==== Usage notes ==== Due to misusage of the term, the British Medical Association, the UK's body for medical professionals, voted in 2023 to deprecate the term "junior doctor" in favour of "resident doctor". ==== References ====