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nurse
(nûrs)n.
1. A person trained to provide medical care for the sick or disabled, especially one who is licensed and works in a hospital or physician's office.
2.
a. A person employed to take care of a young child.
b. A woman employed to suckle children other than her own; a wet nurse.
3. One that serves as a nurturing or fostering influence or means: "Town life is the nurse of civilization" (C.L.R. James).
4. Zoology A worker ant or bee that feeds and cares for the colony's young.
v. nursed, nurs·ing, nurs·es
v.tr.
1. To serve as a nurse for: nursed the patient back to health.
2. To cause or allow to take milk from the breast or teat: a mother nursing her baby; whales nursing their young.
3. To try to cure by special care or treatment: nurse a cough with various remedies.
4. To treat carefully, especially in order to prevent pain: He nursed his injured knee by shifting his weight to the other leg.
5. To manage or guide carefully; look after with care; foster: nursed her business through the depression. See Synonyms at nurture.
6. To bear privately in the mind: nursing a grudge.
7. To consume slowly, especially in order to conserve: nursed one drink all evening.
v.intr.
1. To serve as a nurse.
2.
a. To take milk from the breast or teat; suckle: The baby is nursing. Puppies nurse for a few weeks.
b. To feed an offspring from the breast or teat: a mother who's nursing; what to feed cows when they're nursing.
[Middle English norice, nurse, wet nurse, from Old French norrice, from Vulgar Latin *nutrīcia, from Late Latin nūtrīcia, from feminine of Latin nūtrīcius, that suckles, from nūtrīx, nūtrīc-, wet nurse; see (s)nāu- in Indo-European roots.]
nurs′er n.
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nurse
(nɜːs)n
1. (Medicine) a person who tends the sick, injured, or infirm
2. short for nursemaid
3. a woman employed to breast-feed another woman's child; wet nurse
4. (Zoology) a worker in a colony of social insects that takes care of the larvae
vb (mainly tr)
5. (Medicine) (also intr) to tend (the sick)
6. (also intr) to feed (a baby) at the breast; suckle
7. to try to cure (an ailment)
8. to clasp carefully or fondly: she nursed the crying child in her arms.
9. (also intr) (of a baby) to suckle at the breast (of)
10. to look after (a child) as one's employment
11. to attend to carefully; foster, cherish: he nursed the magazine through its first year; having a very small majority he nursed the constituency diligently.
12. to harbour; preserve: to nurse a grudge.
13. (Billiards & Snooker) billiards to keep (the balls) together for a series of cannons
[C16: from earlier norice, Old French nourice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia nurse, from Latin nūtrīcius nourishing, from nūtrīre to nourish]
Nurse
(nɜːs)n
(Biography) Sir Paul (Maxime). born 1949, English cell biologist and geneticist; winner (2001), with LH Hartwell and RT Hunt, of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
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nurse
(nɜrs)n., v. nursed, nurs•ing. n.
1. a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm, esp. a registered nurse.
2. a woman who has the general care of a child or children.
3. wet nurse.
4. a worker that attends the young in a colony of social insects.
v.t. 5. to tend in sickness, infirmity, etc.
6. to try to cure (an ailment) by taking care of oneself: to nurse a cold.
7. to suckle (an infant).
8. to handle carefully or fondly.
9. to use, consume, or dispense slowly or carefully: to nurse a cup of tea.
10. to keep steadily in mind: He nursed a grudge.
11. to feed and tend in infancy.
12. to bring up, train, or nurture.
v.i. 13. to suckle a child, esp. one's own.
14. (of a child) to suckle.
15. to act as nurse; tend the sick or infirm.
[1350–1400; Middle English, variant of n(o)urice, norice < Old French < Late Latin nūtrīcia, n. use of feminine of Latin nūtrīcius nutritious]
nurs′er, n.
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nurse
Past participle: nursed
Gerund: nursing
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| Noun | 1. |  nurse - one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)foster-nurse - a nurse who raises another woman's child as her own graduate nurse, trained nurse - someone who has completed the course of study (including hospital practice) at a nurses training school head nurse - the person in charge of nursing in a medical institution caregiver, health care provider, health professional, PCP, primary care provider - a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability licensed practical nurse, LPN, practical nurse - a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick matron - a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution accoucheuse, midwife - a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies probationer, student nurse - a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period registered nurse, RN - a graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration scrub nurse - a nurse who helps a surgeon prepare for surgery visiting nurse - a nurse who is paid to visit the sick in their homes nurse-patient relation - the responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient |
| 2. |  nurse - a woman who is the custodian of childrendry nurse - a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant keeper - someone in charge of other people; "am I my brother's keeper?" adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted" | |
| Verb | 1. | nurse - try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury; "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs" practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" |
| 2. | nurse - maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment" feel, experience - undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" | |
| 3. | nurse - serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people | |
| 4. | nurse - treat carefully; "He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon"; "He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly" | |
| 5. | nurse - give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places" suck - draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast" |
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nurse
noun
verb
1. look after, treat, tend, care for, take care of, minister to All the years he was sick my mother had nursed him.
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nurse
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Translations
مُرَبِّي أو مُرَبِّيَة أطْفالمُمَرِّض، مُمَرِّضَهممرضممرضةمـُمَرِضَةٌ
zdravotní sestrachůvakojitlaskatošetřovat
sygeplejerskeammebarnepigeholde forsigtigtnære
flegikuraci
sairaanhoitajasairaanhoitajatarhoitaahoitajahoitajatar
medicinska sestra
ápolóápolónőbetegápolónörsz
rawatsustersusu
ala meî sérfóstrahafa á brjóstihalda gætilega áhjúkra, hlynna aî
看護師
간호사
daigynasdaigyno darbininkasdaigyno savininkasmedelynasmedelyno darbininkas
apmīļot, samīļotauklekopt slimniekulolotmedicīnas māsa
zdravotná sestra
bolničarkanegovativaruška
bolničarbolničarka
sjuksköterska
นางพยาบาล
y tá
nurse
[nɜːs]A. N
1. (in hospital, clinic) → enfermero/a m/f
male nurse → enfermero m
student nurse → estudiante mf de enfermería
veterinary nurse → auxiliar mf de veterinaria
see also staff 1 C
male nurse → enfermero m
student nurse → estudiante mf de enfermería
veterinary nurse → auxiliar mf de veterinaria
see also staff 1 C
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nurse
n → Schwester f; (as professional title) → Krankenschwester f; (= nanny) → Kindermädchen nt, → Kinderfrau f; (= wet nurse) → Amme f; male nurse → Krankenpfleger m
vt
sb → pflegen; plant also → hegen; (fig) plan → hegen; hope, wrath etc → hegen, nähren (geh); fire → bewachen; (= treat carefully) → schonen; business → sorgsam verwalten; to nurse somebody back to health → jdn gesund pflegen; to nurse somebody through an illness → jdn während einer Krankheit pflegen; to nurse a cold → an einer Erkältung herumlaborieren (inf); he stood there nursing his bruised arm → er stand da und hielt seinen verletzten Arm; to nurse a grudge (against somebody) → (gegen jdn) einen Groll hegen; to nurse the economy → die Wirtschaft hegen und pflegen
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nurse
(nəːs) noun1. a person who looks after sick or injured people in hospital. She wants to be a nurse.
2. a person, usually a woman, who looks after small children. The children have gone out with their nurse.
verb1. to look after sick or injured people, especially in a hospital. He was nursed back to health.
2. to give (a baby) milk from the breast.
3. to hold with care. She was nursing a kitten.
4. to have or encourage (feelings eg of anger or hope) in oneself.
ˈnursery – plural ˈnurseries – noun1. a room etc for young children.
2. a place where young plants are grown.
ˈnursing noun the profession of a nurse who cares for the sick.
ˈnursemaid noun a nurse who looks after small children.
ˈnurseryman noun a person who runs, or works in, a nursery for plants.
nursery rhyme a short, simple poem for children.
nursery school a school for very young children.
ˈnursing-home noun a small private hospital.
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nurse
→ مـُمَرِضَةٌ zdravotní sestra sygeplejerske Krankenschwester νοσοκόμος enfermero sairaanhoitaja infirmière medicinska sestra infermiere 看護師 간호사 verpleegster sykepleier pielęgniarka enfermeiro медсестра sjuksköterska นางพยาบาล hemşire y tá 护士Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
nurse
n. enfermero-a;
chief ___, head ___ → jefe-a de ___ -s;
community health ___ → ___ de salud pública;
___ aid → asistente de ___;
___ anesthetist → ___ anestesista;
___ practitioner → practicante de ___;
surgical ___ → ___ de cirugía;
v. [care] cuidar a una persona enferma; [breast-feeding] amamantar, dar el pecho, dar de mamar.
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nurse
n enfermero -ra mf; charge — enfermero jefe (de sala or de turno); home health — enfermero domiciliario, enfermero que hace visitas a la casa; licensed vocational — enfermero vocacional con licencia; — supervisor enfermero supervisor; registered — enfermero registrado; vt (to breastfeed) amamantar, lactar, dar el pecho, dar de mamar; (to care for patients) cuidar; vi (to suckle) mamarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.