district nursenoun [ C ]
uk/ˌdɪs.trɪkt ˈnɜːs/us/ˌdɪs.trɪkt ˈnɝːs/UKa person who is employed in a particular area to care for people who are ill or injured, often visiting them in their homes
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Medical treatment: doctors & health workers generally
- anaesthetist
- auxiliary nurse
- charge nurse
- clinician
- consultant
- dental practitioner/surgeon
- doctor's orders
- ENT
- GP
- houseman
- LPN
- medical examiner
- mo
- nurse
- occupational therapy
- odontologist
- radiographer
- resident
- senior nursing officer
- specialist
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Examples from literature
- The district nurse had done her level best to clear up, perhaps, but there had been no attempt at good cheer.
- The doctor from the dispensary, the district nurse, even Maggie, had assured him that with the coming of summer this cold of his would be better.
- They were what she used when nursing with the district nurse in the village at home.