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scrub nurse

–noun
a nurse specially trained to assist surgeons in the operating room and serving as part of the surgically clean medical team handling instruments during an operation.

Origin:
1925–30
scrub nurse  
n.  A specially trained nurse who directly assists a surgeon during an operation.

Main Entry: scrub nurse
Function: noun
: a nurse who assists the surgeon in an operating room

scrub nurse n.
A nurse who assists the surgeon in the operating room.

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