clinic

[ klin-ik ]

noun

1. a place, as in connection with a medical school or a hospital, for the treatment of nonresident patients, sometimes at low cost or without charge.
2. a group of physicians, dentists, or the like, working in cooperation and sharing the same facilities.
3. a class or group convening for instruction or remedial work or for the diagnosis and treatment of specific problems:

   a reading clinic; a speech clinic; a summer baseball clinic for promising young players.

4. the instruction of medical students by examining or treating patients in their presence or by their examining or treating patients under supervision.
5. a class of students assembled for such instruction.
6. Sports Slang. a performance so thoroughly superior by a team or player as to be a virtual model or demonstration of excellence; rout or mismatch.

adjective

1. of a clinic; clinical.

clinic

/ ˈklɪnɪk /

noun

1. a place in which outpatients are given medical treatment or advice, often connected to a hospital
2. a similar place staffed by physicians or surgeons specializing in one or more specific areas

   eye clinic

3. a private hospital or nursing home
4. obsolete.
   the teaching of medicine to students at the bedside
5. a place in which medical lectures are given
6. a clinical lecture
7. a group or centre that offers advice or instruction

   a vocational clinic

Word History and Origins

Origin of clinic¹

1620–30; 1885–90 clinic fordef 1; < Latin clīnicus < Greek klīnikós pertaining to a (sick) bed, equivalent to klī́n ( ē ) bed + -ikos -ic

Word History and Origins

Origin of clinic¹

C17: from Latin clīnicus one on a sickbed, from Greek, from klinē bed

Example Sentences

That could be someone going to a clinic for abortion access or maybe a political rally, said Jake Laperruque, deputy director of the Security and Surveillance Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology.

From Los Angeles Times

"Enhertu is a really good example of what we would call a biological drug, and right from initial experiments in a laboratory through to the clinic, they are much more expensive," he said.

From BBC

“However, the long-term impacts of clinic closures on the abortion access ecosystem, means that despite the win of the Missouri ballot measure, it will be years before Missouri is able to offer abortion care at the scale that Missourans need.”

From Salon

Shariyf pointed out how there was only one abortion clinic in the state before the total ban went into effect.

From Salon

“Hope Clinic in Granite City, Iliinois, just across the river from St. Louis, continues to see the vast majority of their patients traveling from out of state, most of them from Missouri,” Shariyf said.

From Salon

Related Words

• hospital