Cryptic crossword clue
Nurses take them as true, seething with rage

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 12 letter word TEMPERATURES

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The straight part
We know that "Nurses take them" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case nurses take them = temperatures.
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Crossword Answer definitions

TEMPERATURES noun
  1. A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
  2. An elevated body temperature, as present in fever and many illnesses.
  3. A property of macroscopic amounts of matter that serves to gauge the average intensity of the random actual motions of the individually mobile particulate constituents. http//arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0004055
  4. The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.
  5. The balance of humours in the body, or one's character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament.

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