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How to pronounce scrubs in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms gown, surgical gown
Type of garment

Examples of scrubs

scrubs
A young Jay walked between the staff's colorful scrubs and doctor's white coat.
From the newsobserver.com
Nurses ordered Eric into scrubs as they wheeled Leah toward the operating room.
From the dallasnews.com
The spa offers vinotherapy including grape-pip scrubs and barrel-bath soakings.
From the independent.co.uk
Scrubs and assists during diagnostic and therapeutic interventional procedures.
From the jobview.monster.com
Yeah, I know, some might mark him down for playing the scrubs against Rangers.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
The day arrives, and the young, well-dressed scrubs are back at Elle magazine.
From the ocregister.com
Gordon was in the locker room on crutches after the game, wearing hospital scrubs.
From the inrich.com
At one point he emerged from the emergency room, wearing blue hospital scrubs.
From the time.com
Without his familiar surgical scrubs and mask, he seems liberated and younger.
From the smh.com.au
More examples
  • Clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back"
  • (of domestic animals) not selectively bred
  • Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
  • The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
  • Wash thoroughly; "surgeons must scrub prior to an operation"
  • Cancel: postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"
  • Surgical technologists are allied health professionals, who are an integral part of the team of medical practitioners providing surgical care to patients in a variety of settings. ...
  • (Scrubs (clothing)) Scrubs are the shirts and trousers or gowns worn by nurses, surgeons, and other operating room personnel when "scrubbing in" for surgery. ...
  • (Scrubs (magazine)) Scrubs Magazine (scrubsmag.com), the first lifestyle magazine and website for nurses, premiered November 15, 2009. The magazine, with a paid circulation of 350,000, is sold in more than 1,500 nursing apparel stores nationwide.