1
: of, relating to, or conducted at the bedside
a bedside diagnosis
2
: suitable for reading in bed
a bedside book
Examples of bedside in a Sentence
Noun
She sat at his bedside until the fever broke.
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Alexandra Tanner, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Edward Hospital’s Saba blames the physical and mental toll the pandemic took on employees for the decline in bedside clinicians.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 18 Jan. 2023
This obviously changed the relationship between the bedside providers and hospital leadership.
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Noun
There, by his bedside, her glib ethos of attachment gives way to something more tender.
—Alexandra Tanner, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Edward Hospital’s Saba blames the physical and mental toll the pandemic took on employees for the decline in bedside clinicians.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Keep bedside necessities nearby and out of sight with a chest that has multiple drawers, like this 12-drawer one in a home designed by Les Ensembliers.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 18 Jan. 2023
This obviously changed the relationship between the bedside providers and hospital leadership.
—Time, 10 Jan. 2023
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“Bedside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedside. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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bedside
1 of 2 noun
bed·side
ˈbed-ˌsīd 
: a place beside a bed especially of a bedridden person
bedside
2 of 2 adjective1
: of, relating to, or conducted at the bedside of a bedridden patient
a bedside diagnosis
2
: suitable for a bedridden person
bedside reading
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