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Definitions for Clinic

[1] 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.
[2] a group of physicians, dentists, or the like, working in cooperation and sharing the same facilities.
[3] 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.
[4] the instruction of medical students by examining or treating patients in their presence or by their examining or treating patients under supervision.
[5] a class of students assembled for such instruction.
[6] 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.
[7] of a clinic; clinical.
[8] a place in which outpatients are given medical treatment or advice, often connected to a hospital
[9] a similar place staffed by physicians or surgeons specializing in one or more specific areas eye clinic
[10] British a private hospital or nursing home
[11] obsolete the teaching of medicine to students at the bedside
[12] US a place in which medical lectures are given
[13] US a clinical lecture
[14] mainly US and Canadian a group or centre that offers advice or instruction a vocational clinic

Words related to Clinic

hospital, infirmary, dispensary

Words nearby Clinic

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Origin of Clinic

1620–30; 1885–90 for def 1 ; < Latin clīnicus < Greek klīnikós pertaining to a (sick) bed, equivalent to klī́n(ē ) bed + -ikos -ic

Word origin for Clinic

C17: from Latin clīnicus one on a sickbed, from Greek, from klinē bed

Synonyms for Clinic

hospital, dispensary, infirmary, sick bay, surgery center