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clinics

clinics is the plural of clinic.

Meaning of clinic

Noun

clinic (plural clinics)

  1. A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
  2. (broadly) A hospital session to diagnose or treat patients.
  3. (obsolete) A school, or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by examining and treating patients in the presence of the pupils.
  4. A group practice of several physicians or other health professionals.
  5. 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.
  6. A temporary office arranged on a regular basis to allow politicians to meet their constituents.

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Phrases with clinics

Questions about clinics

What is clinics the plural of?
Clinics is the plural of clinic.

Words near clinics in the dictionary

  1. clinicoradiologic
  2. clinicoradiological
  3. clinicoradiologically
  4. clinicoradiopathologic
  5. clinicoserological
  6. clinics
  7. clinid
  8. clinids
  9. clinimetric
  10. clinimetrically
  11. clinimetrics

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