Extern and Foreign

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Extern noun - A nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there.

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Foreign and extern are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Foreign" instead an adjective "Extern".

Foreign adjective - Being, relating to, or characteristic of a country other than one's own.

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Extern and foreign are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Extern" with "Foreign", this adjectives are similar.

Nearby Word: foreigner

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Extern & Foreign. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/extern/foreign>.

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