Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
The ability of a doctor, medic, nurse, or other healthcare professional, to interact with their patients; the quality or nature of their interactive style.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, healthcare, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
manner or conduct of a physician in the presence of a patient
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: manner, personal manner
History
From bedside + manner, from the fact that doctors and nurses usually stand or sit at the bedsides of their patients when speaking to them.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
