polyclinic
Americannoun
noun
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a hospital or clinic able to treat a wide variety of diseases: general hospital
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(in England) a proposed large health care centre able to provide a wider range of service than a standard general practitioner's office
Etymology
Origin of polyclinic
1885–90; alteration of policlinic by association with poly-
Example Sentences
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"A year ago people were applauding health workers. Now they're cursing them," said Dr Milan Kubek, an angiologist, sitting in his surgery in a small polyclinic in Prague's 9th District.
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2022
Standing on the balcony with him were some children who are also hospitalized at the polyclinic, a major Catholic teaching hospital on the outskirts of Rome.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2021
Cherkasov said that Filinkov told him that the F.S.B. agents first took him from the airport to a polyclinic for a checkup.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 3, 2018
Maxim had given a tin of caviar to the doctor at the regional polyclinic who had referred Polina to the hospital.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 2, 2010
He told us to stop fussing, and then with no efforts to repress his disdain he packed her into a rickshaw bound for the polyclinic.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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