Clinic

Quick meaning: Clinic is a noun meaning A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.

Meaning

A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.

More Meanings

1. (medicine, by extension) A hospital session to diagnose or treat patients.
2. A group practice of several physicians or other health professionals.
3. A meeting for the diagnosis of problems, or training, on a particular subject.
4. A temporary office arranged on a regular basis to allow politicians to meet their constituents.
5. (wrestling) A series of workouts used to build skills of practitioners regardless of team affiliation.
6. (medicine, obsolete) A school, or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by examining and treating patients in the presence of the pupils.
7. (obsolete) A bed-ridden person

Example Sentences

We are all Clinicks in this point

We'll also be offering music clinics, lessons, and new product demonstrations throughout the year.

As "baby sprinkling" is an offence which it abhors, so Clinic sprinkling is a sham which it detests.

A local community group will be holding a legal clinic where low-income residents can consult a lawyer for free.

Word Forms

• clinics
• clinique

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include polyclinic, clinical, hospital, outpatient, clinically, dispensary.

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