house physician

American  

noun

1. a resident physician in a hospital, hotel, or other public institution.

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house physician British  

noun

1. a house officer working in a medical as opposed to a surgical discipline Compare house surgeon

2. a physician who lives in a hospital or other institution in which he is employed Compare resident

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Etymology

Origin of house physician

First recorded in 1745–55

Example Sentences

“The goal is just to be comfortable. This is comfort care type of medicine,” says David Dugan, the hospice house physician.

From Washington Times • Apr. 29, 2016

He was put into a taxicab, sent back to his Manhattan hotel where a house physician patched him.

From Time Magazine Archive

Agent General of the Reparations Commission in Germany, he has been, in effect, the house physician for European money matters.

From Time Magazine Archive

While Baritone Osie Hawkins attempted mouth-to-mouth respiration, the Met's house physician sent for oxygen from the first-aid room.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Jesse Lazear, who had been my house physician, had worked with Dr. Thayer and myself at malaria, and gave up the charge of my clinical laboratory to join the commission.

From The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 by Osler, William