clinic(2)
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clinic noun2. M19.
[French clinique from Greek klinike the clinical art.]
1. The teaching of medicine or surgery at the bedside of a sick person, esp. in a hospital. M19.
2. A private or specialized hospital; a place or an occasion for giving medical treatment or advice, esp. in a hospital and devoted to one topic. L19.
family-planning clinic, fracture clinic, immunization clinic, postnatal clinic, etc.
3. A conference, class, short course, etc., on a particular subject or activity. Chiefly N. Amer. E20.
clinician noun orig., a clinical investigator; now, a doctor having direct contact with and responsibility for patients: L19.