(obsolete) foster father

plural of nursing father

A pad inserted in a bra to absorb milk from the breast when lactating.

A kind of comfortable chair that was used for mothers to nurse their babies.

(nursing, computing) Informatics as applied to nursing: the application of information science and information technology to nursing science and practice.

A woman hired to suckle another woman's child. / (figuratively, by extension) Someone who treats someone else with excessive care.

(transitive) To act as a wet nurse (in either sense.)

Alternative spelling of wet nurse

Any of various bottom-dwelling sharks of the family Ginglymostomatidae that have two fleshy barbels hanging from the lower jaw. / (formerly) Any small shark; a dogfish.

A person who is certified to provide custodial care such as help in walking, bathing, and feeding.