English Explanatory Dictionary

chairside

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Happening next to the dental chair during treatment.
adv
  1. Beside the dental chair
noun
  1. A dentist's assistant who helps with the inspection of the patient in the dental chair.
  2. A kind of radio cabinet for home listening.

Word forms

chairside chairsides

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρᾱ (hédrā) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English -side English chairside From chair + -side.

Related words

bedside labside
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