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housemanships

housemanships is the plural of housemanship.

Meaning of housemanship

Noun

housemanship (plural housemanships)

  1. A stage of graduate medical training in the UK and many former British colonies, which follows the acquisition of an M.D., in which the new physician serves as a house officer under the supervision of a registrar or attending physician.
    • Fred Shipman stayed on in Pontefract for another two years and seven months after he was fully qualified, doing a senior housemanship, during which time he acquired a diploma in child health and a diploma in obstetrics and gynaecology.2009, Brian Whittle, Jean Ritchie, Harold Shipman - Prescription For Murder, →ISBN

Questions about housemanships

What is housemanships the plural of?
Housemanships is the plural of housemanship.

Words near housemanships in the dictionary

  1. housemaker
  2. housemakers
  3. housemaking
  4. houseman
  5. housemanship
  6. housemanships
  7. housemartin
  8. housemartins
  9. housemaster
  10. housemasters
  11. housemastership

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