POLYCLINIC

Etymology

Noun

polyclinic (plural polyclinics)

A clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated; especially, an institution in which clinical instruction is given in all kinds of disease.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with policlinic, a very rare term (pronounced the same way) not found in most UK dictionaries and only rarely used by US medical professionals for the outpatient clinic or outpatient department of a European hospital.

Source: Wiktionary


Pol`y*clin"ic, n. Etym: [Poly- + clinic.] (Med.)

Definition: A clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated; especially, an institution in which clinical instruction is given in all kinds of disease.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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