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clinic

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clin·ic  (klnk)
n.
1. A facility, often associated with a hospital or medical school, that is devoted to the diagnosis and care of outpatients.
2. A medical establishment run by several specialists working in cooperation and sharing the same facilities.
3. A group session offering counsel or instruction in a particular field or activity: a vocational clinic; a tennis clinic.
4.
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.

[French clinique, from Greek klnik (tekhn), clinical (method), feminine of klnikos, from kln, couch, bed; see clinandrium.]

clinic
Noun
1. a place in which outpatients are given medical treatment or advice
2. a similar place staffed by specialist physicians or surgeons: I have an antenatal clinic on Friday afternoon
3. Brit & NZ a private hospital or nursing home
4. the teaching of medicine to students at the bedside [Greek klinē bed]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.clinicclinic - a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists
medical institution - an institution created for the practice of medicine
eye clinic - a clinic where specialist care for a patient's eyes
2.clinic - meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity
session - a meeting for execution of a group's functions; "it was the opening session of the legislature"
reading clinic - a clinic for people with reading disabilities
basketball clinic - a meeting at which basketball players receive special evaluation and instruction
baseball clinic - a meeting at which baseball players receive special evaluation and instruction; "a summer baseball clinic for promising young players"
hockey clinic - a meeting at which hockey players receive special evaluation and instruction
3.clinic - a healthcare facility for outpatient care
dispensary - clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
hospital, infirmary - a health facility where patients receive treatment
health facility, healthcare facility, medical building - building where medicine is practiced
Translations

clinic [ˈklɪnɪk] nclínica
clinic [ˈklɪnɪk] nclinique f; centre médical (= session) (Med) → consultation(s) f(pl), séance(s) f(pl);
(Sport) → séance(s) de perfectionnement
clinic [ˈklɪnɪk] nKlinik f;
(session) → Sprechstunde f: (Sport) → Trainingstunde f
clinic [ˈklɪnɪk] nclinica (= session); seduta; serie f di sedute

clinic
n clinic [ˈklinik]
a place or part of a hospital where a particular kind of medical treatment or advice is given He is attending the skin clinic.kliniekعِيادَه، مُسْتَوْصَفклиникаklinikaklinikdie Klinikκλινικήclínicakliinikکلینیکklinikkacliniqueמִרפָּאָהचिकित्सालयpoliklinika, klinikarendelőintézet, szakrendelőkliniklæknastofa; einkasjúkrahús, sjúkrastöð, klíníkclinica診療所진료소klinika, poliklinika (prie ligoninės)klīnikaklinikkliniekklinikkklinikaclínicaclinicăклиникаklinikaklinikaklinikaklinikสถานรักษาพยาบาลklinik診所клінікаشفا خانہ ، مطبphòng khám
adj ˈclinical
1 of a clinic. kliniesمُسْتَوْصَفيклиниченklinickýklinik-klinischκλινικόςclínicokliinikuدرمانگاهیklinikancliniqueשֶׁל מִרְפָּאָהक्लिनिक से संबंधितkliničkiklinikaiklinisheilsugæslu-clinico診察室の진료소의klinikinisklīnisksklinikalklinischklinisk, klinikk-klinicznyclínicoclinicклиническийklinickýkliničenkliničkikliniskที่เกี่ยวกับคลินิคkliniğe ait診所的клінічнийطبیthuộc phòng khám床的
2 based on observation of the patient. kliniesمعْتَمِد على مُراقَبَة المَريضобективенklinickýkliniskklinischκλινικόςclínicokliinilineبر مبنای مشاهدۀ بیمارkliininencliniqueקְלִינִיनैदानिकkliničkiklinikaiklinisklínískurclinico臨床の임상의klinikinisanalisis klinikalklinischkliniskkliniczny, eksperymentalnyclínicoclinicклиническийklinickýkliničenpacijentskikliniskที่ตรวจอาการผู้ป่วยmuayeneye ait臨床的такий, що стосується хвороби пацієнтаطبی مشاہدے پر مبنیlãnh đạm

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For two years past he had been taking her to different places to be cured: first to the university clinic in the chief town of the province, but that did no good; then to a peasant in the province of Samara, where she got a little better; then to a doctor in Moscow to whom he paid much money, but this did no good at all.
 
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