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policlinic

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, rare

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”) + English clinic.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: պոլիկլինիկա (poliklinika) — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Armenian: համաբուժարան (hamabužaran) — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Azerbaijani: poliklinika — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Belarusian: паліклі́ніка (paliklínika) — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Bulgarian: поликли́ника (poliklínika) — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Chinese Mandarin: 門診部 /门诊部 (ménzhěnbù) — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Czech: poliklinika — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Dutch: polikliniek — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Estonian: polikliinik — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Finnish: poliklinikka — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • French: policlinique — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Georgian: პოლიკლინიკა (ṗoliḳliniḳa) — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • German: Poliklinik — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Indonesian: poliklinik — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Kazakh: емхана (emxana) — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Kazakh: поликлиника (poliklinika) — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Kyrgyz: поликлиника (poliklinika) — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Latvian: poliklīnika — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Lithuanian: poliklinika — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Malay: poliklinik — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Polish: poliklinika — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Polish: przychodnia — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Portuguese: policlínica — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Romanian: policlinică — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Russian: поликли́ника (poliklínika) — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Slovak: poliklinika — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Spanish: policlínico — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Turkish: poliklinik — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Turkmen: poliklinika — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Ukrainian: поліклі́ніка (poliklínika) — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
  • Uzbek: poliklinika — outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital