clinic

1
as in hospital
a place for the treatment of those who are ill or injured After working as a city emergency room physician for many years, he started a small clinic in a remote village.

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as in workshop
an intensive educational or training program This winter, Shelley will attend a softball clinic to prepare herself for the upcoming season.

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Recent Examples on the Web Health clinics and food pantries offer services there on weekends. Jessica Boehm, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024 At least 85 percent of the clinic’s patients are there for mini-IVF and natural-cycle IVF, according to John David Gordon, the clinic’s medical director. Sushma Subramanian, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2024 The clinic sits next to the Nile, near its headwaters. Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024 But some take a dim view on the use of influencers to promote psychedelic clinics and retreats. Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for clinic 

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“Clinic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinic. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.

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