scrub up
Pre-surgery hand ritual
To scrub up is to wash one's hands and forearms thoroughly, especially as medical personnel do before surgery: The surgeon scrubbed up before entering the operating room.
More casually, scrub up means to clean oneself presentably: Give me ten minutes to scrub up before dinner.
In British slang, someone who scrubs up well looks surprisingly attractive when dressed up.
Cleaning palms with soap
- soapFatty alkali cleanser
- latherFoamy soap bubbles
- rinseWash without scrubbing
- washbasinFixed bowl for washing
water · antiseptic · disinfect · sanitize · cleanse · germs · bacteria · nailbrush
Free from microorganisms
- gownLong formal garment
- glovesHand coverings with fingers
- maskFace-worn concealment
- capCovering for top
operating room · preoperative · asepsis · surgeon · handwashing · antiseptic · protocol · preparation
handwashing
Cleaning palms with soap
washbasin · water · antiseptic · disinfect · sanitize · cleanse · germs · bacteria · nailbrush · forearms
sterile
Free from microorganisms
cap · operating room · preoperative · asepsis · surgeon · handwashing · antiseptic · protocol · preparation · procedure
scrub upsoil oneself
Excrete in one's clothes
dirty up · scrub out · muck up · contaminate · befoul
scrub, scrubbing, scrubbed, scrubs, scrubby, scrubber, scrubbings, scrubbable, unscrubbed