clinic
A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
Noun 4 meanings
A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
A hospital session to diagnose or treat patients.
A group practice of several physicians or other health professionals.
A meeting for the diagnosis of problems, or training, on a particular subject.
“A local community group will be holding a legal clinic where low-income residents can consult a lawyer for free.”
Etymology
Borrowed from French clinique, from Late Latin clīnicus (“a bed-ridden person, one baptized on a sick-bed, a physician”), from Ancient Greek κλῑνικός (klīnikós, “pertaining to a bed”), from κλῑ́νη (klī́nē, “bed”), from κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, “to lean, incline”).
CLINIC at a glance
CLINIC has 6 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (C 3 + L 1 + I 1 + N 1 + I 1 + C 3) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,925 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with clinic
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