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Topic: NURSES, DOCTORS, ETC

Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: nurice, from Latin nutricius; NUTRITIOUS

nurse

1 noun
     
nurse
nurse1 S3 W3 [countable]
1MN someone whose job is to look after people who are ill or injured, usually in a hospital:
The nurse is coming to give you an injection.
The school nurse sent Sara home.
a male nurse
a senior nurse
a student nurse (=someone who is learning to be a nurse)
a psychiatric nurse (=a nurse for people who are mentally ill)
a community nurse
2 old-fashionedBO a woman employed to look after a young child [= nanny]
➔ nursery nurse, wet nurseWORD FOCUS: hospital WORD FOCUS: hospital
types of hospital: medical center American English (a big hospital)
maternity hospital (for women who are having a baby)
mental hospital/psychiatric hospital (for people who are mentally ill)
clinic (for people receiving a particular kind of treatment)
hospice (for people who are dying)
nursing home (for old people)
parts of a hospital: A&E also casualty British English, emergency room American English, operating theatre British English/operating room American English, ward, unit
people in a hospital: doctor, nurse, surgeon, patient, orderly

➔ See also hospital
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