Definition of clinic
1 : a class of medical instruction in which patients are examined and discussed
2 : a group meeting devoted to the analysis and solution of concrete problems or to the acquiring of specific skills or knowledge writing clinics golf clinics
3a : a facility (as of a hospital) for diagnosis and treatment of outpatientsb : a group practice in which several physicians work cooperatively
4 : a facility that offers professional services or consultation usually at discounted rates a legal clinic
5 : an exemplary display or performance put on a clinic in the tournament
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Examples of clinic in a Sentence
The clinic is offering free screening for diabetes.
He checked into a drug rehab clinic.
The hospital is holding a pain clinic on Tuesday night for anyone interested in learning how to deal with chronic pain.
A local club is giving a fishing clinic on Saturday.
Recent Examples of clinic from the Web
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Cappelaere says many patients can’t afford to travel to free clinics.
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Since May 2016, at least five patients have died in from complications of liposuction and fat transfer procedures performed at office surgery clinics in Miami-Dade County.
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On Thursday, the Cavaliers had no margin for error — not against the Warriors, who turned another playoff game into a clinic.
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Byrne was also the niece of Margaret Sanger; in 1916, Sanger and her sister, Ethel Byrne—Olive’s mother—had opened the United States’s first birth-control clinic.
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A large part of what the clinic does is lobby insurance companies to provide daily nursing visits to families with EB children.
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The clinic serves more than 1,000 community residents each year.
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An agreement on the donation, meant to cover the clinic’s medical supplies for six months, was signed Monday by Hungarian Minister of Human Resources Zoltan Balog and Archbishop Bashar Warda, a Chaldean Catholic cleric in Erbil.
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Within the last year, clinics in LaFayette and Phenix City have opened.
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Origin and Etymology of clinic
French clinique, from Greek klinikē medical practice at the sickbed, from feminine of klinikos of a bed, from klinē bed, from klinein to lean, recline — more at lean
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Definition of -clinic
1 : inclining : dipping
2 : having (so many) oblique intersections of the axes triclinic
Origin and Etymology of -clinic
International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek klinein
CLINIC Defined for English Language Learners
clinic
playDefinition of clinic for English Language Learners
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: a place where people get medical help
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: an event at which a doctor is available to talk to people about a particular health matter
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: a meeting during which a group of people learn about a particular thing or work on a particular problem
CLINIC Defined for Kids
clinic
playDefinition of clinic for Students
1 : a place where people can receive medical treatment usually for minor ailments
2 : a group meeting for teaching a certain skill and working on individual problems a reading clinic
Medical Dictionary
clinic
playMedical Definition of clinic
1a: a session or class of medical instruction in a hospital held at the bedside of patients serving as case studiesb: a group of selected patients presented with discussion before doctors (as at a convention) for purposes of instruction
2a: an institution connected with a hospital or medical school where diagnosis and treatment are made available to outpatientsb: a form of group practice in which several physicians (as specialists) work in cooperative association
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