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clinique

clinique is the obsolete spelling 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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Forms of clinique

pluralcliniques

Questions about clinique

What is clinique the obsolete spelling of?
Clinique is the obsolete spelling of clinic.

Words near clinique in the dictionary

  1. clinid
  2. clinids
  3. clinimetric
  4. clinimetrically
  5. clinimetrics
  6. clinique
  7. cliniques
  8. clinitian
  9. clinition
  10. clinium
  11. cliniums

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