clinic

(klin′ik)

noun

the teaching of medicine by examining and treating patients in the presence of students
a class so taught
a place where patients are studied or treated by specialist physicians practicing as a group
a department of a hospital or medical school, where outpatients are treated, sometimes without being charged or for a small fee
an organization or institution that offers some kind of advice, treatment, or instruction: a maternal health clinic
a brief, intensive session of group instruction in a specific skill, field of knowledge, etc.: a basketball clinic

Origin: Fr clinique < Gr klinikē (technē), (practice) at the sickbed < klinikos, of the bed < klinē, bed < klinein, to recline: see lean

See clinic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A facility, often associated with a hospital or medical school, that is devoted to the diagnosis and care of outpatients.
A medical establishment run by several specialists working in cooperation and sharing the same facilities.
A group session offering counsel or instruction in a particular field or activity: a vocational clinic; a tennis clinic.
a. A seminar or meeting of physicians and medical students in which medical instruction is conducted in the presence of the patient, as at the bedside.
b. A place where such instruction occurs.
c. A class or lecture of medical instruction conducted in this manner.

Origin:

Origin: French clinique

Origin: , from Greek klīnikē (tekhnē), clinical (method)

Origin: , feminine of klīnikos

Origin: , from klīnē, couch, bed; see clinandrium

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