Question

She and Trotter walked down the hall together, and he went first into the small locker room that led to AA-5 while she waited in the corridor. A light went on, telling her that he had gone on to the next level, and she swiped her security card across a sensor, which opened the door into the locker room. She took off all her clothes, put on a long-sleeved scrub suit, and stood before the door that led inward, blue light falling on her face. Beside the door there was another security sensor.

–The Hot Zone,
Richard Preston

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What is the best definition of “scrub suit”?



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Answer 1

- Best definition: protective clothing worn by medical personnel (loose-fitting surgical/operating-room outfit).

- Clue: the text says she "took off all her clothes, put on a long-sleeved scrub suit" in a locker room before entering the hot zone — showing it’s an outfit worn instead of regular clothes for medical/biological work.