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  1. n. A protective plastic gown worn by a surgeon when performing surgery.
  2. n. Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeve shirt and pants.
  3. n. Plural form of scrub.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. protective garment worn by surgeons during operations

Etymologies

  1. Middle English scrobben, to currycomb a horse, from Middle Dutch schrobben, to clean by rubbing, scrape; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.Middle English, variant of schrubbe; see shrub1.

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‘scrubs’ has been looked up 722 times, added to 5 lists, and has a Scrabble score of 10.