"scrub nurse" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scrub nurses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} scrub nurse (plural scrub nurses)
  1. (colloquial) A nurse that handles instruments to the surgeon during an operation. Tags: colloquial Synonyms: instrument nurse Translations (nurse that handles instruments to the surgeon during an operation): 器械護士 (Chinese Mandarin), 器械护士 (qìxiè hùshì) (Chinese Mandarin), instrumenttihoitaja (Finnish), инструментарка (instrumentarka) [feminine] (Macedonian), хирурги́ческая сестра́ (xirurgíčeskaja sestrá) [feminine] (Russian), операцио́нная сестра́ (operaciónnaja sestrá) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-scrub_nurse-en-noun--Vnpdeyb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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