Word Study
nursing
CIDE DICTIONARY
nursing, a.
Supplying or taking nourishment from, or as from, the breast; as, a nursing mother; a nursing infant. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
nursing, n.
1 the practice or profession of caring for the sick as a nurse.
2 (attrib.) concerned with or suitable for nursing the sick or elderly etc. (nursing home; nursing sister).
1 the practice or profession of caring for the sick as a nurse.
2 (attrib.) concerned with or suitable for nursing the sick or elderly etc. (nursing home; nursing sister).
Idiom
nursing officer a senior nurse (see senior nursing officer).
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