chairside
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.15 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Happening next to the dental chair during treatment.
adv
Beside the dental chair
noun
A dentist's assistant who helps with the inspection of the patient in the dental chair.
Example Sentences
- "Chairside prosthesis modification can allow same-day insertion."
- "This epoxy can be mixed chairside and applied to wet surfaces."
- "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."
- "The big difference between this set and Philco's earlier chairsides […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) 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.