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clinic
[ klin-ik ]
noun
- 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.
- a group of physicians, dentists, or the like, working in cooperation and sharing the same facilities.
- 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.
- the instruction of medical students by examining or treating patients in their presence or by their examining or treating patients under supervision.
- a class of students assembled for such instruction.
- 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
- of a clinic; clinical.
clinic
/ ˈɪɪ /
noun
- a place in which outpatients are given medical treatment or advice, often connected to a hospital
- a similar place staffed by physicians or surgeons specializing in one or more specific areas
eye clinic
- a private hospital or nursing home
- obsolete.the teaching of medicine to students at the bedside
- a place in which medical lectures are given
- a clinical lecture
- a group or centre that offers advice or instruction
a vocational clinic
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of clinic1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of clinic1
Example Sentences
Recently, he went to hospital after coughing up blood, and was told he had pneumonia - but rather than being kept in hospital, he was discharged into the care of Washwood clinic's respiratory service.
In Tijuana, Trump’s order led to the closure of a health and social services clinic called Comunidad AVES.
Andrew Harrison was running a men's health clinic from a youth centre in Bradford when he heard a knock.
Treatments to remove wrinkles and tone arms, thighs and stomachs are driving a rise in cosmetic surgery, the latest figures from UK private clinics suggest.
A woman convicted of breaching an abortion clinic protection zone has said she will continue her "fight for free speech".
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