clinic en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek κλῑ́νη (klī́nē) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)bor. Late Latin clīnicus French cliniquebor. English clinic Borrowed from French clinique, from Late Latin clīnicus (“a bed-ridden person, one baptized on a sick-bed, a physician”), from Ancient Greek κλῑνικός (klīnikós, “pertaining to a bed”), from κλῑ́νη (klī́nē, “bed”), from κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, “to lean, incline”).
Meanings
- A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
- (broadly) A hospital session to diagnose or treat patients.
- (obsolete) A school, or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by examining and treating patients in the presence of the pupils.
- A group practice of several physicians or other health professionals.
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A meeting for the diagnosis of problems, or training, on a particular subject.
We'll also be offering music clinics, lessons, and new product demonstrations throughout the year.
1986, Music Trades, volume 134, numbers 1-6, page 38:A local community group will be holding a legal clinic where low-income residents can consult a lawyer for free.
- A temporary office arranged on a regular basis to allow politicians to meet their constituents.
- A series of workouts used to build skills of practitioners regardless of team affiliation.
- (obsolete) A bed-ridden person
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(obsolete) Someone who receives baptism on a sickbed.
As "baby sprinkling" is an offence which it abhors, so Clinic sprinkling is a sham which it detests.
1874, James Wilkinson Dale, An Inquiry Into the Usage of Baptizo, page 523:And as the practice of immersion in baptism in the time of St. Laurence was universal except in the case of a handful of Clinics—so small that they scarcely deserve to be named—the story is unworthy of notice.
1878, William Cathcart, The Baptism of the Ages and of the Nations, page 126:The prejudice against clinic baptism, indeed, was such that only in exceptional cases was a clinic considered as qualified for ordination.
1879, Henry Sweetser Burrage, The Act of Baptism: In the History of the Christian Church, page 83:The conclusion is inevitable , that pouring or sprinkling was regarded, in the primitive church, as valid baptism; and of course that immersion was not considered essential. It has been objected, indeed, that the clinics were canonically prohibited the priesthood. But why were they prohibited? Not because of the informality of their batism; but because their sincerity had not been sufficiently tested.
1833, Enoch Pond, Treatise on Christian Baptism, page 43:Clinic baptism is all that is contemplated by them, and even in this case a clinic was, unless in unusual cases, debarred from orders.
1861, James Chrystal, A History of the Modes of Christian Baptism, page 97:Whitby (on Rom. vi. 4). —"It being so expressly declared here, and Col. ii. 12, that we are buried with Christ in baptism by being buried under water; and the argument to oblige us to a conformity to His death, by dying to sin, being taken hence; and this immersion being religiously observed by all Christians for thirteen centuries, and approved by our church, and the change of it into sprinkling even without any allowance from the author of this institution, or any licence from any refusal of the cup to the laity; it were to be wished that this custom might be again of general use, and aspersion only permitted, as of old, in the case of the clinic, or in present danger of death."
1865, Richard Ingham, A Hand-book on Christian Baptism:We are all Clinicks in this point
1666, Sancroft, 'Lex Ignea 41:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| clinics | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| clinique | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
teleclinic · postclinic · company clinic · polyclinic · fever clinic · monoclinic · preclinic · tax clinic · psychoclinic · fertility clinic · well-child clinic · clinically · free clinic · dental clinic · abortion clinic · put on a clinic · cyberclinic · triclinic · hippie clinic · abortion mill · clinician · clinical · microclinic
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Translations (118)
de Klinik (medical facility) · ar مَصَحَّة (medical facility) · da klinik (medical facility) · mh m̧ōn taktō (medical facility) · sh клѝника (medical facility) · tg дармонгоҳ (medical facility) · lt klinika (medical facility) · hy ամբուլատորիա (medical facility) · hu ambulancia (medical facility) · it clinica (medical facility) · be амбулато́рыя (medical facility) · he מִרְפָּאָה (medical facility) · nn klinikk (medical facility) · vi phòng khám bệnh (medical facility) · uz klinika (medical facility) · sh klìnika (medical facility) · fi klinikka (medical facility) · eo kliniko (medical facility) · el κλινική (medical facility) · ja クリニック (medical facility) · ru лече́бница (medical facility) · ro clinică (medical facility) · ps کلېنيک (medical facility) · chr ᎨᏥᎪᎵᏰᏗᎢ (medical facility) · ug شىپاخانا (medical facility) · ka ამბულატორია (medical facility) · tk ambulatoriýa (medical facility) · hi निदानगृह (medical facility) · lo ໂຮງພະຍາບານ (medical facility) · ko 의원 (medical facility) · th เวชสถาน (medical facility) · ja 医院 (medical facility) · km គិលានុបដ្ឋាន (medical facility) · bo སྨན་བཅོས་ཁང (medical facility) · ky клиника (medical facility) · vi phòng khám (medical facility) · kk клиника (medical facility) · cy clinig (medical facility) · my ဆေးခန်း (medical facility) · pl przychodnia (medical facility) · nl kliniek (medical facility) · mfe klinik (medical facility) · pdt Klinnikj (medical facility) · uk амбулато́рія (medical facility) · gl clínica (medical facility) · fr clinique (medical facility) · az klinika (medical facility) · hu klinika (medical facility) · nod ᨣᩖᩥᨶᩥ᩠ᨠ (medical facility) · de Ambulanz (medical facility) · cmn 醫院 /医院 (medical facility) · ia clinica (medical facility) · sq klinikë (medical facility) · nv azeeʼálʼį́ (medical facility) · bn চিকিৎসালয় (medical facility) · hu szakrendelő (medical facility) · mn эмнэлэг (medical facility) · tk klinika (medical facility) · cmn 診所 /诊所 (medical facility) · nb klinikk (medical facility) · mn ᠻᠯᠢᠨᠢᠻ (medical facility) · el ιατρείο (hospital session) · uz ambulatoriya (medical facility) · ru амбулато́рия (medical facility) · ms klinik (medical facility) · ca clínica (medical facility) · fa-ira دَرْمانْگاه (medical facility) · tg клиника (medical facility) · mn клиник (medical facility) · uk клі́ніка (medical facility) · tg амбулатория (medical facility) · ht klinik (medical facility) · pl klinika (medical facility) · he קְלִינִיקָה (medical facility) · km គ្លីនិក (medical facility) · lo ຄລີນິກ (medical facility) · fa-ira کِلینیک (medical facility) · az ambulatoriya (medical facility) · mk клиника (medical facility) · sw kliniki (medical facility) · tya ausiki (medical facility) · ur کِلِینِک (medical facility) · ka კლინიკა (medical facility) · dtp kolinik (medical facility) · ug كلىنىكا (medical facility) · bn ক্লিনিক (medical facility) · ar عِيَادَة (medical facility) · sv klinik (medical facility) · hy կլինիկա (medical facility) · km ឱសថាល័យ (medical facility) · myv шумбракуро (medical facility) · ru поликли́ника (medical facility) · tr klinik (medical facility) · vi phòng mạch (medical facility) · hu rendelőintézet (medical facility) · th คลินิก (medical facility) · be клі́ніка (medical facility) · fi terveyskeskus (medical facility) · mn ᠡᠮᠨᠡᠯᠭᠡ (medical facility) · lo ໂຮງໝໍນ້ອຍ (medical facility) · es clínica (medical facility) · rcf klinik (medical facility) · bg кли́ника (medical facility) · om mana hakiimii (medical facility) · hu rendelő (medical facility) · cs klinika (medical facility) · km ពេទ្យគ្រឹះ (medical facility) · sk klinika (medical facility) · ky амбулатория (medical facility) · id klinik (medical facility) · ga clinic (medical facility) · pt clínica (medical facility) · et kliinik (medical facility) · mi whare haumanu (medical facility) · kk амбулатория (medical facility) · ru кли́ника (medical facility) · lv klīnika (medical facility) · sl klinika (medical facility)