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clinic
(noun) a healthcare facility for outpatient care
clinic
(noun) meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity
clinic
(noun) a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists
Source: WordNet® 3.1
clinic (plural clinics)
A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
(medicine, by extension) A hospital session to diagnose or treat patients.
(medicine, obsolete) 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.
A group practice of several physicians.
A meeting for the diagnosis of problems, or training, on a particular subject.
A temporary office arranged on a regular basis to allow politicians to meet their constituents.
(wrestling) A series of workouts used to build skills of practitioners regardless of team affiliation.
(obsolete) One confined to bed by sickness.
(obsolete) One who receives baptism on a sickbed.
Source: Wiktionary
Clin"ic, n. Etym: [See Clinical.]
1. One confined to the bed by sickness.
2. (Eccl.)
Definition: One who receives baptism on a sick bed. [Obs.] Hook.
3. (Med.)
Definition: 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.
Clin"ic*al, Clin"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. clinique. See Lean, v. i.]
1. Of or pertaining to a bed, especially, a sick bed.
2. Of or pertaining to a clinic, or to the study of disease in the living subject. Clinical baptism, baptism administered to a person on a sick bed.
– Clinical instruction, instruction by means of clinics.
– Clinical lecture (Med.), a discourse upon medical topics illustrared by the exhibition and examination of living patients.
– Clinical medicine, Clinical surgery, that part of medicine or surgery which is occupied with the investigation of disease in the living subject.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 April 2025
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.