clinic

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A meeting for the diagnosis of problems, or training, on a particular subject.

   A local community group will be holding a legal clinic where low-income residents can consult a lawyer for free.

2. 2
   noun

   Someone who receives baptism on a sickbed.

   We are all Clinicks in this point

3. 3
   noun

   a healthcare facility for outpatient care

4. 4
   noun

   meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity

5. 5
   noun

   a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists

6. 6
   noun

   A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.

7. 7
   noun

   A hospital session to diagnose or treat patients.

8. 8
   noun

   A school, or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by examining and treating patients in the presence of the pupils.

Etymology

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…