Definition of "bedside" []

• The side of a bed or the space alongside it. (noun)
• At or near the side of a bed: a bedside table; bedside conversation. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The idea of attacking malpractice costs at the bedside is the most effective solution."
• "Nowadays surgeons and doctors have courses in bedside manners so that they can fake it, like I mentioned in the article."
• "Thus everyone at the bedside is some kind of generic "patient-care technician" -- regardless of how much or how little training and experience she or he has."