noun

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

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