nurse

  • 21nurse — Synonyms and related words: LPN, RN, advance, aliment, amah, apprentice, attend, attend to, ayah, baby, baby sit, bandage, bathe, bear, bosom, break, break in, breast feed, breed, bring up, care for, chaperon, charge nurse, cherish, cling to,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 22nurse — nurse1 W3S3 [nə:s US nə:rs] n ↑stethoscope [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: nurice, from Latin nutricius; NUTRITIOUS] 1.) someone whose job is to look after people who are ill or injured, usually in a hospital ▪ The nurse is coming to give …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23Nurse — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Nurse est un mot anglais qui désigne une infirmière ; en français le terme « nurse » est parfois employé pour désigner une nounou. Cinéma… …

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  • 24Nurse — Paul Nurse Sir Paul M. Nurse (* 25. Januar 1949) ist ein britischer Biochemiker und Nobelpreisträger. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben …

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  • 25nurse — /nerrs/, n., v., nursed, nursing. 1. a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm. Cf. nurse midwife, nurse practitioner, physician s assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse. 2. a woman who has the general care of …

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  • 26nurse — I n. 1) a community health (AE), public health (AE) nurse (BE is approximately health visitor) 2) a community (BE), district (BE), visiting (AE) nurse 3) a general duty; head; industrial, occupational health; operating room (AE); practical;… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 27nurse —    The professional title of one trained to assist doctors in looking after the sick, the elderly, etc. Used in this sense to both males and females. ‘Nurse’ can also be used to a nursemaid, who looks after young children. This was the original… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 28Nurse — 1) A person trained, licensed, or skilled in nursing. 2) To feed an infant at the breast. * * * 1. To breast feed. 2. To provide care of the sick. 3. One who is educated in the scientific basis of nursing under defined standards of education and… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 29nurse — [[t]nɜ͟ː(r)s[/t]] ♦♦♦ nurses, nursing, nursed 1) N COUNT; N TITLE; N VOC A nurse is a person whose job is to care for people who are ill. She had spent 29 years as a nurse... Patients were dying because of an acute shortage of nurses. 2) VERB If… …

    English dictionary

  • 30nurse — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who is trained to look after people who are ill or injured, usually in a hospital: The nurse is coming to give you an injection. | a student nurse (=someone learning to be a nurse) | Nurse Jones | a male nurse 2 old fashioned …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English