clinic
Americannoun
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a place, as in connection with a medical school or a hospital, for the treatment of nonresident patients, sometimes at low cost or without charge.
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a group of physicians, dentists, or the like, working in cooperation and sharing the same facilities.
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a class or group convening for instruction or remedial work or for the diagnosis and treatment of specific problems.
a reading clinic; a speech clinic; a summer baseball clinic for promising young players.
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the instruction of medical students by examining or treating patients in their presence or by their examining or treating patients under supervision.
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a class of students assembled for such instruction.
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Sports Slang. a performance so thoroughly superior by a team or player as to be a virtual model or demonstration of excellence; rout or mismatch.
adjective
noun
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a place in which outpatients are given medical treatment or advice, often connected to a hospital
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a similar place staffed by physicians or surgeons specializing in one or more specific areas
eye clinic
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a private hospital or nursing home
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obsolete the teaching of medicine to students at the bedside
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a place in which medical lectures are given
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a clinical lecture
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a group or centre that offers advice or instruction
a vocational clinic
Etymology
Origin of clinic
1620–30; 1885–90 clinic for def. 1; < Latin clīnicus < Greek klīnikós pertaining to a (sick) bed, equivalent to klī́n ( ē ) bed + -ikos -ic
Example Sentences
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Skin problems and weight loss are the most common reasons patients come to her, and she runs an NHS specialist skin clinic one day a week.
From BBC
She has also worked at a Skid Row dental clinic, and plans after graduation to work at a clinic where dental care is free or discounted.
From Los Angeles Times
Encouraging heart healthy habits in schools, community centers, pediatric clinics and gynecology offices can help prevent disease before it starts.
From Science Daily
The posters that hang in hospitals and clinics are nothing more than Band-Aids placed on a wound that won’t heal without surgery.
Just how far away is that birthing clinic?
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