bedside

[ bed-sahyd ]

/ ˈbɛdˌsaɪd /

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noun

the side of a bed, especially as the place of one attending the sick.

adjective

at or for a bedside: a bedside table.

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Origin of bedside

1325–75; Middle English; originally bed + 's¹ + side¹

Words nearby bedside

bedroll, bedroom, bedroom slipper, Beds, bedsheet, bedside, bedside manner, bedsit, Bedsonia, bedsore, bedspread

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How to use bedside in a sentence

Shuttling from bedside to the laboratory and back, he determined that his leukemia patients lacked sufficient platelets, the disk-shaped components of blood that facilitate clotting.
Emil Freireich, a pioneer of chemotherapy and a ‘towering figure in oncology,’ dies at 93|Emily Langer|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
Ten minutes later, they were back at the bedside of patients, most of whom were sick and dying, offering comfort as best they could with smiles on their faces.
His team is going to the Super Bowl. He’s staying on the coronavirus front lines.|Adam Kilgore|February 1, 2021|Washington Post
Smart technology can be programmed into bedside lights to support and promote our relaxation and well being, and trick our bodies back into more natural rhythms.
Bedside lights that do more than shine|PopSci Commerce Team|January 14, 2021|Popular-Science
The floors are concrete, the oxygen delivered to each bedside in copper pipes exposed along makeshift walls.
Inside a Rhode Island field hospital, preparing for the worst of the pandemic|Lenny Bernstein|December 26, 2020|Washington Post

So we had to manually turn on our bedside lights because Google Home was also down.
Google outage takes out Gmail, YouTube, Meet, Classroom, Stadia, and more|David Meyer|December 14, 2020|Fortune
He kept his iPhone by his bedside and would draw the dawn using the Brushes app.
The Many Lives of Artist David Hockney|William O’Connor|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She also advises finding a doctor and a bedside nurse who are comfortable with the procedure.
The Nurse Coaching People Through Death by Starvation|Nick Tabor|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She had been there as my mother and I sat with him around the clock, sleeping by his bedside, anxiously checking his vitals.
Those Kansas City Blues: A Family History|Katie Baker|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
McDonald kept the image in his heart of Bucca at his hospital bedside.
The Flying New York Fireman Who Shined on 9/11|Michael Daly|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bucca ignored what must have been excruciating pain as he made his way to the bedside of Police Officer Steven McDonald.
The Flying New York Fireman Who Shined on 9/11|Michael Daly|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Have you any knowledge as to how many visits this doctor made to the bedside of this girl when she was sick?
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
Tim, with face flushed and hands outstretched in protest, arose from his chair and went to the bedside.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
The minister of his village is at his bedside, preparing him by pious exhortations for the great journey.
Friend Mac Donald|Max O'Rell
The future famous savant (Desplein) watched by his bedside at the last and closed his eyes.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
"I was one day called to the bedside of an old farmer who was dangerously ill," said the doctor to me.
Friend Mac Donald|Max O'Rell

British Dictionary definitions for bedside

bedside

/ (ˈbɛdˌsaɪd) /

noun

the space by the side of a bed, esp of a sick person
(as modifier)a bedside lamp; a doctor's bedside manner

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