clinic

noun

KLIN-ik/ˈklɪnɪk/

Pluralclinics

9 meanings of clinic

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nouncountable
A place where doctors see and treat people who do not stay overnight.
Like a doctor's office where you visit, get help, and go home the same day.
The new clinic downtown offers free flu shots every winter.
She took her son to the clinic when his fever would not go down.
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nouncountable
A place where several doctors or health workers work together as a team.
Like a team of doctors sharing one office instead of each working alone.
The clinic has three doctors, two nurses, and a dentist.
My family visits the same clinic, where different doctors share our records.
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nouncountable
A meeting where people learn about a topic or get help fixing problems.
Like a short class where you go to learn one thing or get help with a problem.
The library held a tax clinic to help people fill out their forms.
She attended a gardening clinic to learn how to grow tomatoes.
Similarworkshop, seminar, session
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4
nouncountable
A set time at a hospital when patients come to be checked or treated.
Like a special time when the hospital opens its doors for certain checkups.
The eye clinic runs every Tuesday morning at the hospital.
He has a clinic appointment to check his broken arm.
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nouncountable
A set of training sessions where players improve their skills, no matter what team they are on.
Like a sports camp where anyone can come to get better at a game.
The clinic taught us how to dribble and pass better.
Players from rival schools joined the same wrestling clinic.
Similarcamp, workshop
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nouncountable
A regular time and place where a politician meets local people to hear their concerns.
Like office hours where a leader listens to people one by one.
The mayor holds a clinic every Saturday at the town hall.
I went to my representative's clinic to talk about the new road.
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Less common meanings

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nounobsolete
A class where students learned medicine by watching doctors treat real patients.
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8
nounobsolete
A person who must stay in bed because of long illness.
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9
nounobsolete
A person baptized while sick in bed, not in a church.
Like having an important ceremony done at home because you are too sick to travel.
The dying man became a clinic, baptized in his own bed by the priest.
We are all Clinicks in this point
1666, Sancroft, 'Lex Ignea 41Here, Clinicks means people baptized while sick in bed.
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Origin

It comes from French clinique, which goes back to Greek words meaning "bed" and "to lean."