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feldsher

(ˈfɛldʃə) ,

feldscher

or

feldschar

n
(Medicine) (in Russia) a medical doctor's assistant
[C19: Russian, from German Feldscher a field surgeon, from Feld field + Scherer surgeon, from scheren to shear]
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