nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum | small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia |
pediatrics paediatrics pediatric medicine pedology | the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children |
dry nurse | a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant |
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 |
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 |
nanny nursemaid nurse | a woman who is the custodian of children |
nurse | one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) |
nursing aide nurse's aide | someone who assists a nurse in tasks that require little formal training |
nurse-midwife | a registered nurse who has received special training as a midwife |
nurse practitioner NP nurse clinician | a registered nurse who has received special training and can perform many of the duties of a physician |
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 |
wet nurse wet-nurse wetnurse amah | a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else |
nurse-patient relation | the responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient |
nurse log | a large decomposing tree trunk that has fallen, usually in a forest, the decaying wood provides moisture and nutrients for a variety of insects and plants |
nurse | try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury, He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs |
breastfeed suckle suck nurse wet-nurse lactate give suck | give suck to, The wetnurse suckled the infant, You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places |
dry-nurse | take care of an infant without breastfeeding it |
harbor harbour hold entertain nurse | maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings), bear a grudge, entertain interesting notions, harbor a resentment |
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 |
nurse | serve as a nurse, care for sick or handicapped people |
pediatric paediatric | of or relating to the medical care of children, pediatric dentist |