clinic
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
clinic/ˈklɪnɪk/
▶noun
- 1 a place where specialized medical treatment or advice is given.
■ chiefly Brit. an occasion when medical treatment or advice is given.
■ a gathering at a hospital bedside for the teaching of medicine or surgery.
- 2 a conference or short course on a particular subject: a drum clinic.
– origin C19 (earlier (C18) as clinical): from Fr. clinique, from Gk klinikē (tekhnē) ‘bedside (art)’, from klinē ‘bed’.
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