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bedside manner

noun
/ˌbɛdsaɪd ˈmænə/UK/ˌbɛdˌsaɪd ˈmænɚ/US

Etymology

From bedside + manner, from the fact that doctors and nurses usually stand or sit at the bedsides of their patients when speaking to them.

  1. derived from manuarius
  2. derived from *manāria✻
  3. derived from maniere
  4. derived from manere
  5. inherited from manere
  6. compounded as bedside manner — “bedside + manner”

Definitions

  1. The ability of a doctor, medic, nurse, or other healthcare professional, to interact with…

    The ability of a doctor, medic, nurse, or other healthcare professional, to interact with their patients; the quality or nature of their interactive style.

    • In physic, a graceful Lord Charles, with a sweet bedside manner, might be very formidable; and, by degrees, the awkwardness of the fee might be got over. [Quoting the Edinburgh Review.]
    • Lady Visitor. "Oh that's your Doctor, is it? What sort of a doctor is he?" / Lady Resident. "Oh well, I don't know much about his ability; but he's got a very good bedside manner!"
    • "You will soon be all right, my fine fellow," said the London surgeon reassuringly. He was renowned for his sympathetic bedside manner.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA