nurse medical definition

noun
  1. A person trained to care for the sick or disabled, especially one educated in the scientific basis of human response to health problems and trained to assist a physician.
  2. A wet nurse.
  3. An individual who cares for an infant or young child.
verb
  1. To serve as a nurse.
  2. To provide or take nourishment from the breast; suckle.

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