clinic
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clinic
- /ˈklɪn.ɪk/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ɪnɪk
Where it comes from
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”).
noun clinics · clinique
- 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 school, or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by examining and treating patients in the presence of the pupils.
- 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.
- A temporary office arranged on a regular basis to allow politicians to meet their constituents.
- A series of workouts used to build skills of practitioners regardless of team affiliation.
- A bed-ridden person
- Someone who receives baptism on a sickbed. We are all Clinicks in this point
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: polyclinic, clinical, hospital, outpatient, clinically, dispensary, clinique, hypertension, consumable, nursing, out-patient, sickbay, center, infirmary, desk, centre
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noun medical facility
| Español | clínica |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 의원 uiwon |
| 日本語 | 医院 iin, クリニック kurinikku |
| 中文 | 診所 /诊所 zhěnsuǒ, 醫院 /医院 yīyuàn |
| हिन्दी | निदानगृह nidāngŕh |
| Kiswahili | kliniki |
| Português | clínica |
| Français | clinique |
| Deutsch | Klinik, Ambulanz |
| Italiano | clinica |
| Ελληνικά | κλινική klinikí |
| Română | clinică |
| Русский | кли́ника klínika, лече́бница lečébnica, поликли́ника poliklínika, амбулато́рия ambulatórija |
| Tiếng Việt | phòng khám bệnh, phòng khám, phòng mạch |
| العربية | عِيَادَة ʕiyāda, مَصَحَّة maṣaḥḥa |
| עברית | מִרְפָּאָה mirpa'á, קְלִינִיקָה klínika |
noun hospital session
| Ελληνικά | ιατρείο iatreío |
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Talk about this word "clinic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/clinic. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. clinic. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/clinic "clinic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/clinic.Cite this
@misc{clinic_2026,
title = {clinic},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clinic},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
