1.
[syn: residency, residence, abidance]
2. the position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Residency \Res"i*den*cy\ (-den-s?), n.
1. Residence. [Obsoles.]
[1913 Webster]
2. A political agency at a native court in British India,
held by an officer styled the Resident; also, a Dutch
commercial colony or province in the East Indies.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
residency
n 1: the act of dwelling in a place [syn: residency,
residence, abidance]
2: the position of physician who is receiving special training
in a hospital (usually after completing an internship)