1. clinic(n = noun.group) - a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists;
is a kind of medical institution
has particulars: eye clinic
Derived form adjective clinical1
2. clinic(n = noun.communication) - meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity;
is a kind of session
has particulars: reading clinic, basketball clinic, baseball clinic, hockey clinic
Derived form adjective clinical1
3. clinic(n = noun.artifact) - a healthcare facility for outpatient care;
is a kind of health facility, healthcare facility, medical building
is a part of hospital, infirmary
has particulars: dispensary
Derived form adjective clinical1
1. One confined to the bed by sickness. [1913 Webster]
2. One who receives baptism on a sick bed. Hook. [1913 Webster]
3. a medical facility, often connected with a school or hospital, which treats primarily outpatients. [PJC]
4. A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of the pupils. [1913 Webster]
5. a lesson or series of lessons taught to persons not expert in some activity, in which the errors of the students are pointed out, and remedial actions are suggested. [PJC]
6. a performance so excellent as to be considered a model for emulation. [PJC]
1. Of or pertaining to a bed, especially, a sick bed. [1913 Webster]
2. Of or pertaining to a clinic, or to the study of disease in the living subject. [1913 Webster]
clinic, n.
1 Brit. a private or specialized hospital.
2 a place or occasion for giving specialist medical treatment or advice (eye clinic; fertility clinic).
3 a gathering at a hospital bedside for the teaching of medicine or surgery.
4 US a conference or short course on a particular subject (golf clinic).
Derivative:
clinician n.
Etymology:
F clinique f. Gk klinike (tekhne) clinical, lit. bedside (art)
baseball clinic, basketball clinic, eye clinic, hockey clinic, reading clinic