Definition of nurse

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Nurse (v. t.) To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon..

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Nurse :: Nurse (n.) A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and Redia..
Ayah :: Ayah (n.) A native nurse for children; also, a lady's maid..
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
Sporozoa :: Sporosac (n.) An early or simple larval stage of trematode worms and some other invertebrates, which is capable or reproducing other germs by asexual generation; a nurse; a redia..
Nurse :: Nurse (n.) Either one of the nurse sharks.
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources..
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon..
Infirmary :: Infirmary (n.) A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated..
Nourice :: Nourice (n.) A nurse.
Patient :: Patient (n.) A person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to physician or nurse.
Suckler :: Suckle (v. i.) To nurse; to suck.
Nursed :: Nursed (imp. & p. p.) of Nurs.
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever..
Matron :: Matron (n.) A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital..
Suckle :: Suckle (v. t.) To give suck to; to nurse at the breast.
Nuzzle :: Nuzzle (v. t.) To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.
Wet Nurse :: Wet nurse () A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse..
Altrices :: Altrices (n. pl.) Nursers, -- a term applied to those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time; -- opposed to praecoces..
Tender :: Tender (n.) One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.
Nurse :: Nurse (n.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place..
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