house officer

English

Noun

house officer (plural house officers)

1. A physician who is learning a specialty as part of a housemanship.
   • 2012, John A. Elefteriades, Curtis Tribble, Alexander S. Geha, House Officer's Guide to ICU Care, →ISBN:

     The house officer may be intimidated by the broad range of choices of inotropic and vasoconstrictive agents at his disposal. It behooves the house officer to become familiar with a small number of drugs representing the various categories of effect and mechanism.