clinicnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈklɪn.ɪk/us/ˈklɪn.ɪk/B1 a building, often part of a hospital, to which people can go for medical care or advice relating to a particular condition:
Bring your baby to the clinic and we'll take a look at her.
Antenatal clinics provide care for pregnant women.
More examples
- The clinic provides a free supply of contraceptives on request.
- He went to a clinic in Arizona to dry out.
- The Health clinic is relying on volunteers to run the office and answer the phones.
- It's a walk-in dental clinic - the sign outside said 'Walk-in patients welcome'.
- There's a well woman clinic at the health centre on Wednesday afternoons.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Medical places & organizations
- A & E
- asylum
- detoxification centre
- ear, nose, and throat
- emergency room
- ENT
- er
- health maintenance organization
- intensive care
- lunatic asylum
- madhouse
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- mental hospital
- operating room
- outpatients
- sanitarium
- surgery
- the funny farm
- theatre
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Idiom(s)
hold a clinic