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单词 nurse-tending
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nurse-tendingn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nurse n.1, tending n.1 and adj. at tend v.1 Derivatives
Etymology: < nurse n.1 + tending n.1 and adj. at tend v.1 Derivatives, after nurse-tender n. Compare later nurse-tend v.
Obsolete.
The tending or nursing of the sick or infirm.
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the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > practice of healing art > [noun] > tending the sick
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nurse-tending1771
1771 E. Griffith Hist. Lady Barton II. 264 I..am therefore inclined to elevate the office of nurse-tending, by placing it amongst our rational pleasures.
1792 Elvina II. 85 Her talents for nurse-tending.
1858 A. Trollope Dr. Thorne II. viii. 157 The doctors had time to congregate around his bed; Lady Scatcherd was allowed a period of nurse-tending; the sick man was able to say his last few words.
1888 Quiver May 492/1 All the nurse-tending Annette has done.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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