Usually means: Assists surgeons, manages surgical instruments.
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  1. scrub nurse: Merriam-Webster
  2. scrub nurse: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. scrub nurse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. scrub nurse: Vocabulary.com
  5. scrub nurse: Wiktionary
  6. scrub nurse: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. scrub nurse: Dictionary.com
  8. Scrub Nurse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. scrub nurse: Rhymezone
  10. scrub nurse: FreeDictionary.org
  11. scrub nurse: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. scrub nurse: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. scrub nurse: Legal dictionary

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  1. scrub nurse: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. scrub nurse: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. scrub nurse: Medical dictionary

(Note: See scrub_nurses as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (scrub nurse)

noun:  (colloquial) A nurse that manages instruments during an operation, assists the surgeon, and performs nursing tasks for the patient.

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