clinic
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.
of a clinic; clinical.
Origin of clinic
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How to use clinic in a sentence
For one year, the product can be used by American Airlines flights that pass through airports in Texas, and by two physical therapy clinics operated in Texas by Total Orthopedics Sports & Spine.
American Airlines touts a new tool to combat COVID. But does it really make flying safer? | dzanemorris | August 24, 2020 | FortuneUnited Food and Commercial Workers Local 135 represents more than 13,000 workers in grocery and drug stores, hospitals and clinics, and many other essential businesses across the county.
The Pandemic Hasn’t Gone Away – Neither Should Hazard Pay | Todd Walters and Brent E. Beltrán | August 20, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoMeanwhile, the Virtue Foundation worked with local health services to strategically distribute ventilators, oxygen cylinders, personal protective equipment, and other supplies to the region’s hospitals and clinics.
The fact there are lots of smaller providers — so, nimble health care clinics that can take care of things quickly.
What Does Covid-19 Mean for Cities (and Marriages)? (Ep. 410) | Stephen J. Dubner | March 26, 2020 | FreakonomicsSo the patient doesn’t have to go to a methadone clinic every day.
The Opioid Tragedy, Part 2: “It’s Not a Death Sentence” (Ep. 403) | Stephen J. Dubner | January 23, 2020 | Freakonomics
As reparation, the court ordered $563 to be paid out to Yang and required the clinic to post an apology on its website.
That same day a 13-year-old girl was arrested with explosives hidden under her hijab after walking into a medical clinic.
The New Face of Boko Haram’s Terror: Teen Girls | Nina Strochlic | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTests at the clinic proved what she suspected: she was pregnant.
States Slap Pregnant Women With Harsher Jail Sentences | Emily Shire | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTamara Loertscher went to the Eau Claire Mayo clinic in early August when she thought she was pregnant.
States Slap Pregnant Women With Harsher Jail Sentences | Emily Shire | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe pensioners complained that authorities were closing their Khamovniki district clinic.
He was on a small table, like an operating table; the whole place looked like a medical lab or a clinic.
Hunter Patrol | Henry Beam Piper and John J. McGuireIn Paris we see hardly grown youths appearing at the specialist's clinic, quite proud that they need to be treated for gonorrhoea.
The Sexual Life of the Child | Albert MollThe scene is a laboratory, with rows of raised seats at one side for the physicians who attend the clinic.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairBetween 1823 and 1840 were published the five volumes of his Medical clinic, which made him famous.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine | Roswell ParkShe might be ill and have disappeared without a word to some doctor's clinic, as Braybrooke had suggested.
December Love | Robert Hichens
British Dictionary definitions for clinic
/ (ˈklɪnɪk) /
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
British a private hospital or nursing home
obsolete the teaching of medicine to students at the bedside
US a place in which medical lectures are given
US a clinical lecture
mainly US and Canadian a group or centre that offers advice or instruction: a vocational clinic
Origin of clinic
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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