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ex·tern (eks′tʉrn′)

noun

a person connected with, but not living in, an institution, as a nonresident doctor in a hospital

Etymology: Fr externe < L externus: see external

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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