Nurse Word Search
A free Nurse word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the tools, duties, and vocabulary of a job, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: HOSPITAL, STETHOSCOPE, PATIENT, MEDICINE, SYRINGE, BANDAGE, THERMOMETER, UNIFORM, SHIFT, TREATMENT, VITALS, INJECTION.
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Nurse word list, defined
- HOSPITAL /ˈhɒspɪtəl/ · noun
- An institution where people receive medical treatment and care, especially as inpatients. In extended and older usage, it can mean a place of shelter or lodging for guests. Related: medical centre, healthcare facility, infirmary, clinic.
- STETHOSCOPE /ˈstɛθəˌskoʊp/ · noun
- A medical instrument placed against a patient's body to listen to internal sounds, especially those of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels. Related: auscultation device.
- PATIENT /ˈpeɪʃ(ə)nt/ · noun and adjective
- As a noun, a patient is a person receiving medical care or treatment. As an adjective, it describes someone willing to wait calmly or tolerate difficulty without becoming irritated or distressed. Related: tolerant, understanding, considerate, enduring.
- MEDICINE /ˈmɛdɪsɪn/ (British); /ˈmɛdəsən/ (US) · noun, verb
- A substance, such as a drug or remedy, used to treat or prevent disease. Medicine also names the science and practice of maintaining health and diagnosing, treating, and preventing disease. Related: medication, drug, remedy, cure.
- SYRINGE /səˈraɪndʒ/ · noun
- A device used to inject or withdraw liquid, especially a medical instrument consisting of a barrel, a plunger, and a hollow needle or narrow tube. It may also refer to the contents or measured dose of a syringe. Related: injector, needle.
- BANDAGE /ˈbændɪdʒ/ · noun, verb
- A strip of woven material used to bind up a wound or protect an injured part of the body. As a verb, to bind or wrap with a bandage. Related: dressing, compress, swathe, plaster.
- THERMOMETER /θəˈmɒmɪtə/ (British); /θəˈmɑːmətər/ (American) · noun
- A thermometer is an instrument used to measure temperature, especially the temperature of the air, a liquid, or the body. By extension, it can refer figuratively to a person or thing whose reactions indicate how strongly a particular feeling or opinion is held. Related: temperature gauge, temperature meter, temperature indicator, thermoscope.
- UNIFORM /ˈjuːnɪfɔːrm/ (US); /ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/ (UK) · adjective, noun, verb
- Consistent or unvarying in form, appearance, operation, or treatment throughout. As a noun, it means a distinctive set of clothing or other items worn by members of an organization; as a verb, it means to make something uniform. Related: consistent, unvarying, regular, homogeneous.
- SHIFT /ʃɪft/ · verb and noun
- To move something from one position, place, or function to another, or to change the focus, timing, or conditions of something. As a noun, a shift is a change in position or direction, a period of work, or the people who work during one period. Related: move, transfer, change, alter.
- TREATMENT /ˈtriːtmənt/ · noun
- The act or process of providing medical care to someone with an illness, injury, or other health condition. More broadly, it means a particular way of handling, managing, dealing with, or presenting a person, subject, material, or situation. Related: care, therapy, handling, management.
- VITALS /ˈvaɪ.təlz/ · noun (plural-only)
- The signs and physiological functions essential to life, especially heart rate, breathing, temperature, and blood pressure. By extension, the essential elements or facts on which a person, system, or enterprise depends. Related: vital signs, signs of life, life signs, physiological indicators.
- INJECTION /ɪnˈdʒɛkʃən/ · noun
- The act of introducing a substance into something, especially the introduction of a medicine or other liquid into the body through a syringe. The word can also refer to material or code inserted into a system, such as a computer program. Related: insertion, introduction, dose, infusion.
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