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auxiliary nurse noun

Click to hear the UK pronunciation of this word n [C] UK (US nurse's aide , Australian nursing aid)

Definition

someone whose job is helping nurses to take care of people

(Definition of auxiliary nurse noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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