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clinic

noun
/ˈklɪn.ɪk/

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 sick-bed, a physician”), from Ancient Greek κλῑνικός (klīnikós, “pertaining to a bed”), from κλῑ́νη (klī́nē, “bed”), from κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, “to lean, incline”).

  1. derived from κλῑνικός
  2. derived from clīnicus
  3. borrowed from clinique

Definitions

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

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

  2. A hospital session to diagnose or treat patients.

  3. A school, or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by examining and treating…

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

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A group practice of several physicians or other health professionals.

    2. 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.
      • We'll also be offering music clinics, lessons, and new product demonstrations throughout the year.

    3. A temporary office arranged on a regular basis to allow politicians to meet their…

      A temporary office arranged on a regular basis to allow politicians to meet their constituents.

    4. A series of workouts used to build skills of practitioners regardless of team affiliation.

    5. A bed-ridden person

    6. Someone who receives baptism on a sickbed.

      • We are all Clinicks in this point
      • Clinic baptism is all that is contemplated by them, and even in this case a clinic was, unless in unusual cases, debarred from orders.

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Derived

abortion clinic, abortion mill, clinical, clinically, clinician, company clinic, cyberclinic, dental clinic, fertility clinic, fever clinic, free clinic, hippie clinic, microclinic, monoclinic, polyclinic, postclinic, preclinic, psychoclinic, put on a clinic, tax clinic, teleclinic, triclinic, well-child clinic

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at clinic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01clinic02outpatients03outpatient04hospital05residents06resident

A definitional loop anchored at clinic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at clinic

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA