noun
clinic
KLIN-ik/ˈklɪnɪk/
A facility or organized practice providing medical care without overnight stays.
Patients wait for appointments at the neighborhood health clinic.
Etymology
The pieces mean “relating to a bed,” originally the sickbed where medical care took place. Through bedside teaching and examination, clinic came to name a medical facility patients attend.
In context
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More examples
- The clinic offers routine eye examinations.
- She visited a walk-in clinic after work.
- Several rural clinics shared a visiting specialist.
Forms
clinic · clinics
Similar words
- hospital
- Often provides inpatient and emergency services, while a clinic typically provides outpatient care.