English Collins Dictionary-English synonyms & Thesaurus &nbsp. nurse (nurses plural & 3rd person present) (nursing present participle) (nursed past tense & past participle) 1 n-count; n-title; n-voc A nurse is a person whose job is to care for people who are ill. She had spent 29 years as a nurse..., Patients were dying because of an acute shortage of nurses. 2 verb If you nurse someone, you care for them when they are ill. All the years he was sick my mother had nursed him... V n She rushed home to nurse her daughter back to health.
Mastitis: Inflammation of one or more mammary glands within the breast, usually in a lactating woman. Mastitis can be felt as a hard, sore spot within the breast. Mastitis can be caused by an infection in the breast or by a plugged milk duct.
Chios Mastic Mastiha (Greek: Î¼Î±ÏÏÎ¯ÏÎ±) is a resin obtained from the mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus). In pharmacies and nature shops, it is called Arabic gum (not to be confused with gum arabic) and  Yemen gum .In Greece, it is known as the tears of Chios , being traditionally produced on that Greek island, and, like other natural resins, is produced in tears or droplets.he flavor is bitter at first, but after some chewing, it releases a refreshing, slightly pine or cedar-like flavor. The word mastic is derived from the Greek verb, Î¼Î±ÏÏÎ¹ÏÎµÎ¹Î½ (mastichein) to gnash the teeth, which is the source of the English word masticate. The word mastic is a synonym for gum in many languages.