bedside manner
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈbɛdˌsaɪd ˈmænər/
:
trato con los pacientes
- The nurse's bedside manner made the patients feel comfortable and cared for.
Maybe, maybe bedside manner is a little bit friendlier.
- Maybe, maybe bedside manner is a little bit friendlier.
Examples
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You know, you got a lousy bedside manner.
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Well, it's a chance to test your bedside manner.
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Did they teach you about bedside manner in medical school?
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You really got to work on your bedside manner.
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You have very good bedside manner.
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You got a great bedside manner, Doctor.
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How was the doctor's bedside manner?
Blog text (6) -
He had a really good bedside manner.
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The pretty doctor with the good bedside manner now stood as my inquisitor.
Blog text (4) -
I know, my bedside manner's horrendous.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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1.0
Polite ways of behaving toward other people, like saying please and thank you
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1.3
Showing good manners and respect to other people
A polite way of behaving that shows respect for other people
How Caring
39
3.9
423
2.7
154
3.2
22
3.5
21
6.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'bedside' (by a patient's bed) + 'manner' (way of behaving) yields the behaviour shown by a clinician when with a patient. This is a common, domain-specific collocation that follows predictable English composition patterns and is likely inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Bedside manner comes from the simple picture of a doctor at a patient's bed: bedside means 'at the bed' and manner means 'way of behaving'. So it now means 'how a doctor or nurse treats and talks to patients', especially showing care.