Both Uses of "conflict" in "Gifted Hands"

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My story would be incomplete if I didn't add that during my year as an intern when I was in general surgery I had a conflict with one of the chief residents, a man from Georgia named Tommy.†
p. 114.8 *

conflict = struggle or disagreement
On one occasion the underlying conflict came into the open when I asked, "Why do we have to draw blood from this patient?†
p. 115.1

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(1) (conflict)
a struggle or disagreement
in various senses, including:
- a serious disagreement -- as in "political conflict"
- the tension from two opposing ideas or feelings -- as in "I'm conflicted about where I should go to college."
- a violent fight or war -- as in "the Israeli-Palestinian conflict"
- an idiom that refers to tension between responsibilities to different entities -- "conflict of interest"
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)