clinics
plural of clinic
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
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
