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单词 clinic
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clinic

noun
 
/ˈklɪnɪk/
/ˈklɪnɪk/
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  1.  
    a building or part of a hospital where people can go for special medical treatment or advice
    • Your local family planning clinic can give you advice about birth control.
    Extra Examples
    • He was treated at the hospital's eye clinic.
    • She is being treated at a diabetic clinic.
    • She works in a birth control clinic.
    • The clinic is staffed by volunteers.
    • Most of the crash victims were treated in a local clinic but a 13-year-old was hospitalized.
    Topics Medicineb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • hospital
    • health
    • medical
    verb + clinic
    • attend
    • go to
    • visit
    clinic + verb
    • specialize in something
    • offer
    • provide
    clinic + noun
    • doctor
    • nurse
    • staff
    preposition
    • at a/​the clinic
    • in a/​the clinic
    • clinic for
    See full entry
  2.  
    (especially British English) a period of time during which doctors give special medical treatment or advice
    • The antenatal clinic is on Wednesdays.
    • Doctors held a special clinic to talk to worried parents after a child at the school died of meningitis.
    Extra Examples
    • The surgery holds a baby clinic every Wednesday afternoon.
    • We operate free rural health clinics.
    • a clinic for asthma sufferers
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • hospital
    • health
    • medical
    verb + clinic
    • attend
    • go to
    • visit
    clinic + verb
    • specialize in something
    • offer
    • provide
    clinic + noun
    • doctor
    • nurse
    • staff
    preposition
    • at a/​the clinic
    • in a/​the clinic
    • clinic for
    See full entry
  3.  
    (especially British English) a private hospital or one that treats health problems of a particular kind
    • He is being treated at the London clinic.
    • a rehabilitation clinic for alcoholics
    Extra Examples
    • She was ordered to attend a drug rehabilitation clinic.
    • He is being treated at a clinic in Harley Street.
    Topics Medicineb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • hospital
    • health
    • medical
    verb + clinic
    • attend
    • go to
    • visit
    clinic + verb
    • specialize in something
    • offer
    • provide
    clinic + noun
    • doctor
    • nurse
    • staff
    preposition
    • at a/​the clinic
    • in a/​the clinic
    • clinic for
    See full entry
  4.  
    (North American English) a building shared by a group of doctors who work togetherTopics Buildingsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • hospital
    • health
    • medical
    verb + clinic
    • attend
    • go to
    • visit
    clinic + verb
    • specialize in something
    • offer
    • provide
    clinic + noun
    • doctor
    • nurse
    • staff
    preposition
    • at a/​the clinic
    • in a/​the clinic
    • clinic for
    See full entry
  5. an occasion in a hospital when medical students learn by watching a specialist examine and treat patients
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • hospital
    • health
    • medical
    verb + clinic
    • attend
    • go to
    • visit
    clinic + verb
    • specialize in something
    • offer
    • provide
    clinic + noun
    • doctor
    • nurse
    • staff
    preposition
    • at a/​the clinic
    • in a/​the clinic
    • clinic for
    See full entry
  6. an occasion at which a professional person, especially a sportsman or sportswoman gives advice and training
    • a coaching clinic for young tennis players
    • Holmes put on a boxing clinic and beat Shavers twelve out of twelve rounds.
  7. Word Originmid 19th cent. (in the sense ‘teaching of medicine at the bedside’): from French clinique, from Greek klinikē (tekhnē) ‘bedside (art)’, from klinē ‘bed’.
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