CLINIC Definition & Meaning

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clinic

[ klin-ik ]

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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

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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

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of clinic¹

1620–30; 1885–90 clinic fordef 1; < Latin ��ī�Ծ��ܲ� < Greek ��ī�Ծ��ó�� pertaining to a (sick) bed, equivalent to ��ī́�� ( ŧ ) bed + -ikos -ic

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of clinic¹

C17: from Latin ��ī�Ծ��ܲ� one on a sickbed, from Greek, from klinŧ bed

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The Duke of Sussex met war victims in Ukraine on Thursday when he visited a clinic which rehabilitates wounded military personnel and civilians, a spokesperson has said.

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A woman in Australia has unknowingly given birth to a stranger's baby, after her fertility clinic accidentally implanted another woman's embryos into her.

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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.

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In Tijuana, Trump’s order led to the closure of a health and social services clinic called Comunidad AVES.

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Andrew Harrison was running a men's health clinic from a youth centre in Bradford when he heard a knock.

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