free clinic
free clinic noun: a health care facility offering services to economically disadvantaged individuals for free or at a nominal cost.
Noun
free clinic (plural free clinics)
- A health care facility offering services to economically disadvantaged individuals for free or at a nominal cost.
- By 1971, the free clinics began to come under strong criticism from the health Left, both because their inability to give quality day-to-day care and their function within the system as a whole (the direct cooptation of the movement by the NFCC).1989, Lily M. Hoffman, The Politics of Knowledge: Activist Movements in Medicine and Planning, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 105
- Synonyms:
- hippie clinic
Synonyms of free clinic
Forms of free clinic
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Questions about free clinic
- What does free clinic mean?
- Free clinic means a health care facility offering services to economically disadvantaged individuals for free or at a nominal cost.
- What part of speech is free clinic?
- Free clinic is a noun.
- What is the plural of free clinic?
- The plural of free clinic is free clinics.
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