feldsher
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of feldsher
C19: Russian, from German Feldscher a field surgeon, from Feld field + Scherer surgeon, from scheren to shear
Example Sentences
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One problem is money: an ambulance doctor with six years' schooling earns only $100 a month; a feldsher with four years' training is paid $90.
From Time Magazine Archive
They also carry a medical doctor and a feldsher, or medical assistant, a combination that makes treatment more readily available than it is in most U.S. emergency rooms.
From Time Magazine Archive
The scientific doctor of Russia was the feldsher or army surgeon, whose sole schooling was obtained among the soldiery and whose knowledge did not extend beyond dressing wounds and giving an occasional dose of physic.
From Rabbi and Priest A Story by Goldsmith, Milton
You see I am the only man for twenty-five villages, apart from a feldsher who calls me "your honour," does not venture to smoke in my presence, and cannot take a step without me.
From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Garnett, Constance
The snakharka and the feldsher represent two very different periods in the history of medical science—the magical and the scientific.
From Rabbi and Priest A Story by Goldsmith, Milton
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