clinic
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
See clinic in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(klĭnˈĭk)
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.
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