scrubbed
verbadjectiveattested in dialogue
- United States
With hands washed according to operating room protocol and wearing sterile gown and sterile gloves.
verb
- 1
Also a form of scrubsimple past and past participle of scrub
Etymology
From scrub + -ed.
adjective
- 1
With hands washed according to operating room protocol and wearing sterile gown and sterile gloves.
- 2
Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby.
- 3
Having been scrubbed; having received a scrubbing.
Forms
- comparative
- more scrubbed
- superlative
- most scrubbed
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