The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. A telephone used in a small closed system of telephones: "The sergeant lifted the interphone and told the pilot that the door was properly sealed” ( Tom Clancy).
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n. a telephonic intercommunication system linking different rooms in a building or ship etc
Word Usage
"There's an international study called the interphone study that is starting to get some data back looking at several different countries, and they are finding a slightly higher brain tumor risk with people who use cell phones."