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noun
A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
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noun
A hospital session to diagnose or treat patients.
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Usage: broadly
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
A school, or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by examining and treating patients in the presence of the pupils.
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Usage: obsolete
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
A group practice of several physicians or other health professionals.
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A meeting for the diagnosis of problems, or training, on a particular subject.
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A temporary office arranged on a regular basis to allow politicians to meet their constituents.
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A series of workouts used to build skills of practitioners regardless of team affiliation.
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Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war, wrestling
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noun
A bed-ridden person
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Someone who receives baptism on a sickbed.
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noun
a healthcare facility for outpatient care
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: medical building, health facility, healthcare facility
Narrower terms: dispensary
noun
meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity
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Broader terms: session
Narrower terms: reading clinic, basketball clinic, baseball clinic, hockey clinic
noun
a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists
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Broader terms: medical institution
Narrower terms: eye clinic
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek κλῑ́νη (klī́nē) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)bor. Late Latin clīnicus French cliniquebor. English clinic Borrowed from French clinique, from Late Latin clīnicus (“a bed-ridden person, one baptized on a sick-bed, a physician”), from Ancient Greek κλῑνικός (klīnikós, “pertaining to a bed”), from κλῑ́νη (klī́nē, “bed”), from κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, “to lean, incline”).
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