Definition of "clinic" []

• A facility, often associated with a hospital or medical school, that is devoted to the diagnosis and care of outpatients. (noun)
• A medical establishment run by several specialists working in cooperation and sharing the same facilities. (noun)
• A group session offering counsel or instruction in a particular field or activity: a vocational clinic; a tennis clinic. (noun)
• A seminar or meeting of physicians and medical students in which medical instruction is conducted in the presence of the patient, as at the bedside. (noun)
• A place where such instruction occurs. (noun)

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• "The term clinic is a bit misleading, it appeared to be the guardhouse where the rubbish used to be kept that had been cleared out into two usable rooms, one of which was a shower."
• "So for us, the clinic is the way to go - no effort to keep medicine on hand and self medicate (which we don't know how to do anyway). ignacio"
• "We are taking the attitude that this clinic is a tourist trap and will turn the page and move on ... if we can solve the pain."