clinic

[klin-ik]

noun

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.

adjective

1. of a clinic; clinical.

clinic

/ ˈklɪnɪk /

noun

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

2. a similar place staffed by physicians or surgeons specializing in one or more specific areas

   eye clinic

3. a private hospital or nursing home

4. obsolete,  the teaching of medicine to students at the bedside

5. a place in which medical lectures are given

6. a clinical lecture

7. a group or centre that offers advice or instruction

   a vocational clinic

Word History and Origins

Origin of clinic¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of clinic¹

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

Example Sentences

They connected her to a clinic in Maryland, and she traveled by herself to obtain the abortion the same week of her scheduled appointment in South Carolina.

From Salon

According to the VA, medical facilities and clinics will remain open and operate normally.

From Los Angeles Times

The method requires significant refinement - which could take a decade - before a fertility clinic could even consider using it.

From BBC

A number of High Street chemists and private clinics sell Covid vaccines too.

From BBC

She had studied law, graduated from a midwifery programme and even worked in a mental health clinic.

From BBC

Related Words

• hospital