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chairside

chairside adjective: happening next to the dental chair during treatment.

Adjective

chairside (not comparable)

  1. Happening next to the dental chair during treatment.
    • Chairside prosthesis modification can allow same-day insertion.

Adverb

chairside (not comparable)

  1. Beside the dental chair
    • This epoxy can be mixed chairside and applied to wet surfaces.

Noun

chairside (plural chairsides)

  1. A dentist's assistant who helps with the inspection of the patient in the dental chair.
    • Eight percent of the dentists surveyed do not employ a full-time chairside; 44% have one full-time assistant at the chair; 29% employ two chairsides full time; and 19% of the dentists surveyed employ three or more full-time chairsides.1990, Dental Management, volume 30, page 100
  2. (historical) A kind of radio cabinet for home listening.
    • The big difference between this set and Philco's earlier chairsides […]2006, Ron Ramirez, Michael Prosise, Philco Radio: 1928-1942, page 33

Forms of chairside

pluralchairsides

Origin of chairside

From chair + -side.

Questions about chairside

What does chairside mean?
Chairside means happening next to the dental chair during treatment.
What part of speech is chairside?
Chairside can be an adjective, an adverb or a noun.

Words near chairside in the dictionary

  1. chairsful
  2. chairship
  3. chairships
  4. chairshot
  5. chairshots
  6. chairside
  7. chairsides
  8. chairward
  9. chairwarmer
  10. chairwarmers
  11. chairway

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