Clinic (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a place, as in connection with a medical school or a hospital, for the treatment of nonresident patients, sometimes at low cost or without charge.
  2. a group of physicians, dentists, or the like, working in cooperation and sharing the same facilities.
  3. a class or group convening for instruction or remedial work or for the diagnosis and treatment of specific problems: a reading clinic; a speech clinic; a summer baseball clinic for promising young players.
  4. the instruction of medical students by examining or treating patients in their presence or by their examining or treating patients under supervision.
  5. a class of students assembled for such instruction.
  6. a performance so thoroughly superior by a team or player as to be a virtual model or demonstration of excellence; rout or mismatch.
adjective
  1. of a clinic; clinical.
noun
  1. a place in which outpatients are given medical treatment or advice, often connected to a hospital
  2. a similar place staffed by physicians or surgeons specializing in one or more specific areas
  3. a private hospital or nursing home
  4. the teaching of medicine to students at the bedside
  5. a place in which medical lectures are given
  6. a clinical lecture
  7. a group or centre that offers advice or instruction
Clinic (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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