National Nurses Week: Hospital People and Places

Learn these words related to people and places in the hospital.

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  1. aide
    someone who acts as an assistant
  2. midwife
    a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
  3. patient
    a person who requires medical care
  4. physician
    a licensed medical practitioner
  5. practitioner
    someone who carries out a learned profession
  6. specialist
    someone who practices one branch of medicine
  7. surgeon
    a physician who specializes in surgery
  8. clinic
    a medical establishment run by a group of specialists
  9. hospice
    a program of medical care for the terminally ill
  10. laboratory
    a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
Created on Thu Apr 20 21:04:39 EDT 2023 (updated Tue May 23 09:12:06 EDT 2023)

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