clinic

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A place where people go for medical treatment, usually without staying overnight.

   She took her son to the clinic for his vaccination.

2. 2
   noun

   A medical centre run by a group of specialist doctors.

   The dental clinic has three experienced surgeons.

3. 3
   noun

   A session where people get advice or training on a particular subject.

   A free legal clinic offered advice to low-income residents.

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Simplified etymology

Clinic was borrowed in the mid-19th century from French clinique and originally referred to teaching medicine at a patient’s bedside. The French word comes from Greek klinikē tekhnē, “bedside art,” based on klinē, “bed.”

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek κλῑ́νη (klī́nē) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)bor. Late Latin clīnicus French cliniquebor. English clinic Borrowed from French clinique, from Late Latin clīnicus (“a bed-ridden person, one baptized on a s…

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