nurse

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; Anyone performing this role, regardless of training or profession — A person involved in providing direct care for the sick

• Mary works as a nurse.

  Мэри работает медсестрой.

  Tatoeba · rul · CC BY 2.0 FR

• The woman is a nurse.

  Эта женщина — медсестра.

  Tatoeba · Adelpa · CC BY 2.0 FR

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; A medical worker performing this role, typically someone trained to provide such care but having credentials and rank below a doctor or physician assistant — A person involved in providing direct care for the sick

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; A medical worker, such as a registered nurse, having training, credentials, and rank above a nurse assistant — A person involved in providing direct care for the sick

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A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s children

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One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters

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A shrub or tree that protects a young plantредкое

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A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his placeредкое

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A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproductionредкое

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A wet nurseредкое

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A nurse shark or dogfishредкое