: having (so many) oblique intersections of the axes
triclinic
Example Sentences
Noun
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 on the Web
Noun
Those might include clinic, nursing, radiologist and pharmacy fees.—Tom Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2023 Kyrylenko said that 34 houses, two kindergartens, an outpatient clinic, a library, a cultural centre and other buildings were damaged in the strike.—Susie Blann, ajc, 4 Feb. 2023 Efforts to pull people from the apartment strike in the city of Kramatorsk were interrupted by a new barrage of Russian rockets that hit a clinic, a school and other buildings, amid signs that a broader Russian offensive might be shaping up.—Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023 The charges stem from a fire that was reported late in the night on Jan. 15 at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Peoria, about 160 miles southwest of Chicago.—Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 26 Jan. 2023 Among the occupants of the site: a McDonald’s, a dental clinic, and a bank with a curious zigzag of a roof.—Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, 25 Jan. 2023 At Saturday’s clinic, Shepherd and other attorneys will be on hand to assist residents with filling out paperwork and to answer any questions.—Ethan Ehrenhaft, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2023 The church is offering a mobile clinic, job training and financial literacy classes.—Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2023 Inside, each van was a mobile vaccine clinic, operated by the New York City health department.—Gideon Lichfield
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
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
Adjective combining form
International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek klinein
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