clinic

American  

[klin-ik] / ˈklɪn ɪk /

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.

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adjective

1. of a clinic; clinical.

clinic British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of clinic

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

Example Sentences

The county maintains it is not trying to squash victims’ rights, but rather keep vital services — pools, parks, health clinics — open.

From Los Angeles Times

"When patients arrive in a neurology clinic they have used up their internal reserve capacity, so the progression of weakness is often rapid."

From BBC

Tennyson’s father and two of his siblings had periods of confinement in medical clinics.

From The Wall Street Journal

The 57-year-old representative of Vientiane and medical clinic owner made her name with unusually blunt speeches in which she called on the state to step up anti-corruption efforts and enforce punishments for financial crimes.

From Barron's

DeRemer is an anesthesiologist and co-founder of a company called Anesthesia Associates NW in Portland, Ore., which provides staffing and operations assistance to hospitals, surgery centers and clinics.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• hospital