Synonyms of clinics

clinics

noun

plural of clinic

1

as in hospitals

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.

Related Words

• hospitals
• infirmaries
• medical centers
• hospices
• homes
• sanatoriums
• sick bays
• sanitaria
• sickrooms
• halfway houses
• sanitoria

2

as in workshops

an intensive educational or training program

This winter, Shelley will attend a softball clinic to prepare herself for the upcoming season.

Related Words

• workshops
• seminars
• conferences
• meetings
• boot camps
• conventions
• gatherings
• symposia
• forums
• roundtables
• round-robins
• congresses
• assemblies
• councils
• convocations
• get-togethers
• huddles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clinics

Under the contract that expired June 30, UCLA had been providing specialty care to 9,000 medically frail patients from Health Care LA, an association of nonprofit clinics that serve patients covered by Medi-Cal, the state program for the poor. — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Daily happenings include golf at nearby Ko Olina Golf Club, group sunrise yoga, tennis clinics, pickleball workshops, resin surfboard painting, and stargazing. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2026

In Colorado, the number of methadone clinics more than doubled, from 25 to 54 in five years. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026

When searching online for one of the best hair transplant clinics in Turkey, patients can compare measurable factors such as surgeon involvement, licensing, graft handling and transparent follow-up. — Malana Vantyler, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026

Doctors interviewed for this story say past measures have been stopgap solutions -– for example, cracking down on unregistered clinics in Taunsa and suspending a local hospital superintendent. — Betsy Joles, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026

The number of Americans choosing European clinics grew by more than 37% last year, according to Jakub Dejewski, the chair of the European Fertility Society, a group that tracks data on fertility treatment in Europe. — Lj Dawson, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

The government created a national preventive care program decades ago and gave every citizen a right to regular checkups, which gave clinics a reason to buy expensive machines, which brought the volume that pays for the expensive machines. — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Currently, 28 hospital or healthcare taxing districts in Florida can levy property taxes and, if needed, raise millage rates to fund the operation of their hospitals, clinics, or other special healthcare programs. — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026