bedside
the side of a bed, especially as the place of one attending the sick.
at or for a bedside: a bedside table.
Origin of bedside
1Words Nearby bedside
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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 PostTen 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 PostSmart 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.
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 PostSo 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.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTShe had been there as my mother and I sat with him around the clock, sleeping by his bedside, anxiously checking his vitals.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTBucca 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 | THE DAILY BEASTHave you any knowledge as to how many visits this doctor made to the bedside of this girl when she was sick?
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxTim, with face flushed and hands outstretched in protest, arose from his chair and went to the bedside.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydThe minister of his village is at his bedside, preparing him by pious exhortations for the great journey.
Friend Mac Donald | Max O'RellThe 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
/ (ˈbɛdˌsaɪd) /
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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