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clinic

[ klin-ik ]

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noun

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.

adjective

of a clinic; clinical.

clinic

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noun

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
a private hospital or nursing home
obsolete.
the teaching of medicine to students at the bedside
a place in which medical lectures are given
a clinical lecture
a group or centre that offers advice or instruction
a vocational clinic

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Word History and Origins

Origin of clinic¹

1620–30; 1885–90 clinic fordef 1; < Latin ��ī�Ծ��ܲ� < Greek ��ī�Ծ��ó�� pertaining to a (sick) bed, equivalent to ��ī́�� ( ŧ ) bed + -ikos -ic

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Word History and Origins

Origin of clinic¹

C17: from Latin ��ī�Ծ��ܲ� one on a sickbed, from Greek, from klinŧ bed

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As a result, libraries, nonurgent health clinics and parks are closed.

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Libraries and some healthcare clinics will be closed, though hospitals will remain open.

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Lee worked part of her residency at a community clinic serving Hmong in the Sacramento area.

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But the core of the crisis and key to this election is GP services, or primary care, largely offered by private clinics.

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Soni, a Harvard-trained primary care doctor who sees patients one day a week at an urgent care clinic in Los Angeles County’s public safety net health system, is familiar with the challenges those communities face.

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