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clinic

clin·ic

(klĭn′ĭk)

1. A facility, often associated with a hospital or medical school, that is devoted to the diagnosis and care of outpatients.

2. A medical establishment run by several specialists working in cooperation and sharing the same facilities.

3. A group session offering counsel or instruction in a particular field or activity: a vocational clinic; a tennis clinic.

a. A seminar or meeting of physicians and medical students in which medical instruction is conducted in the presence of the patient, as at the bedside.

b. A place where such instruction occurs.

c. A class or lecture of medical instruction conducted in this manner.

[French clinique, from Greek klīnikē (tekhnē), clinical (method), feminine of klīnikos, from klīnē, couch, bed; see clinandrium.]

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clinic

(ˈklɪnɪk)

1. (Medicine) a place in which outpatients are given medical treatment or advice, often connected to a hospital

2. (Medicine) a similar place staffed by physicians or surgeons specializing in one or more specific areas: eye clinic.

3. (Medicine) Brit a private hospital or nursing home

4. (Medicine) obsolete the teaching of medicine to students at the bedside

5. (Medicine) US a place in which medical lectures are given

6. (Medicine) US a clinical lecture

7. chiefly US and Canadian a group or centre that offers advice or instruction: a vocational clinic.

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

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

clin•ic

(ˈklɪn ɪk)

1. a place for the medical treatment of nonresident patients, sometimes at reduced cost.

2. a group of physicians, dentists, or the like, working in cooperation and sharing facilities.

3. a group convening for instruction or remedial work: a reading clinic.

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.

adj.

6. of a clinic; clinical.

[1885–90; < French clinique or German Klinik < Latin clīnicus < Greek klīnikós pertaining to a (sick) bed =klin(ē) bed]

clinic

- First meant "teaching of medicine at the bedside."

clinic

[ˈklɪnɪk] n

(= building) (private hospital) → clinique f; (public health centre) → centre m médical

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clinic

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

clinic

[ˈklɪnɪk] n (hospital, dental clinic) → clinica; (for guidance) → centro; (session) → seduta

clinic

(ˈklinik) noun

a place or part of a hospital where a particular kind of medical treatment or advice is given. He is attending the skin clinic.

ˈclinical adjective

1. of a clinic.

2. based on observation of the patient.

clinic

→ عِيَادَة klinika klinik Klinik κλινική clínica klinikka clinique klinika clinica 診療所 진료소 kliniek klinikk klinika clínica клиника klinik คลินิค klinik phòng khám chữa bệnh 诊所

clin·ic

n. clínica;

small ___ → dispensario.

clinic

n clínica; free — clínica gratuita; urgent care — clínica de urgencias