polyclinicn.

Brit.

/ˌpɒlɪˈklɪnɪk/, U.S.

/ˌpɑliˈklɪnɪk/

Forms: 1800s polyclinique, 1800s– polyclinic.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: policlinic n.

Etymology: Alteration of policlinic n., after poly- comb. form.With form polyclinique compare French polyclinique (1864 with reference to Germany).

1. In early use: a hospital outpatient department. Later: a centre, usually independent of a hospital, providing secondary (or sometimes primary) health care. Cf. policlinic n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > clinic > for outpatients

policlinic1827

polyclinic1884

the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > clinic > treating various diseases

polyclinic1884

1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 2284 1,805 indoor-patients, and 73,432 outdoor-patients in polyclinique.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 341 One woman out of every five or six in the polyclinic of the Augusta hospital, Berlin.

1938 Social Work & Legislation in Sweden (Royal Social Board, Sweden) (ed. 2) v. 178 Both the Jubilee Clinics and the X-ray-therapeutic sections have their own polyclinics.

1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Aug. 896/2 The Soviet Union..has based its system on the use of the polyclinic, with its specialist staff. Here there is no ‘physician of primary contact’ or general practitioner service as we know it.

2003 Daily Tel. 10 Dec. 14/1 A policy paper..promises more nurse-led clinics and ‘polyclinics’ offering a range of services close to people's homes.

2. An institution providing postgraduate medical training and free consultations by specialists. Now historical.Only with reference to the ‘Medical Graduates College and Polyclinic’, founded by Sir J. Hutchinson: see quot. 1900.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > clinic > giving free consultations

polyclinic1898

1898 Times 16 Dec. 9/5 Mr. Hutchinson's ‘Polyclinic’, a title which, whatever it has ‘come to denote’, seems an odd one to apply to an institution which will have ‘no beds of its own’.

1900 Westm. Gaz. 3 Feb. 3/2 The ‘Medical Graduates College and Polyclinic’ is an association for giving gratuitous consultations to patients, and at the same time affording opportunities to medical men for obtaining advanced knowledge. The word Polyclinic implies that we have made arrangements to include many (or all) branches of practical medicine and surgery.

1914 Lancet 21 Nov. 1207/1 (heading) The end of the Polyclinic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polyclinic
释义	polyclinicn. Brit. /ˌpɒlɪˈklɪnɪk/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈklɪnɪk/ Forms: 1800s polyclinique, 1800s– polyclinic. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: policlinic n. Etymology: Alteration of policlinic n., after poly- comb. form.With form polyclinique compare French polyclinique (1864 with reference to Germany). 1. In early use: a hospital outpatient department. Later: a centre, usually independent of a hospital, providing secondary (or sometimes primary) health care. Cf. policlinic n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > clinic > for outpatients policlinic1827 polyclinic1884 the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > clinic > treating various diseases polyclinic1884 1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 2284 1,805 indoor-patients, and 73,432 outdoor-patients in polyclinique. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 341 One woman out of every five or six in the polyclinic of the Augusta hospital, Berlin. 1938 Social Work & Legislation in Sweden (Royal Social Board, Sweden) (ed. 2) v. 178 Both the Jubilee Clinics and the X-ray-therapeutic sections have their own polyclinics. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Aug. 896/2 The Soviet Union..has based its system on the use of the polyclinic, with its specialist staff. Here there is no ‘physician of primary contact’ or general practitioner service as we know it. 2003 Daily Tel. 10 Dec. 14/1 A policy paper..promises more nurse-led clinics and ‘polyclinics’ offering a range of services close to people's homes. 2. An institution providing postgraduate medical training and free consultations by specialists. Now historical.Only with reference to the ‘Medical Graduates College and Polyclinic’, founded by Sir J. Hutchinson: see quot. 1900. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > clinic > giving free consultations polyclinic1898 1898 Times 16 Dec. 9/5 Mr. Hutchinson's ‘Polyclinic’, a title which, whatever it has ‘come to denote’, seems an odd one to apply to an institution which will have ‘no beds of its own’. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 3 Feb. 3/2 The ‘Medical Graduates College and Polyclinic’ is an association for giving gratuitous consultations to patients, and at the same time affording opportunities to medical men for obtaining advanced knowledge. The word Polyclinic implies that we have made arrangements to include many (or all) branches of practical medicine and surgery. 1914 Lancet 21 Nov. 1207/1 (heading) The end of the Polyclinic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1884
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