Hypertext Webster Gateway: "clinic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clinic \Clin"ic\, n. [See {Clinical}.]
1. One confined to the bed by sickness.
2. (Eccl.) One who receives baptism on a sick bed. [Obs.]
--Hook.
3. (Med.) A school, or a session of a school or class, in
which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and
treatment of patients in the presence of the pupils.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clinical \Clin"ic*al\, Clinic \Clin"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? bed,
fr. ? to lean, recline: cf. F. clinique. See {Lean}, v. i.]
1. Of or pertaining to a bed, especially, a sick bed.
2. Of or pertaining to a clinic, or to the study of disease
in the living subject.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
clinic
n 1: a medical establishment run by a group of medical
specialists
2: meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or
remedial work in a particular activity
3: a health facility for outpatient care
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