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CLINIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A healthcare facility for outpatient care
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("clinic" is a kind of...):
health facility; healthcare facility; medical building (building where medicine is practiced)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clinic"):
dispensary (clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed)
Holonyms ("clinic" is a part of...):
hospital; infirmary (a health facility where patients receive treatment)
Derivation:
clinical (relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("clinic" is a kind of...):
session (a meeting for execution of a group's functions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clinic"):
reading clinic (a clinic for people with reading disabilities)
basketball clinic (a meeting at which basketball players receive special evaluation and instruction)
baseball clinic (a meeting at which baseball players receive special evaluation and instruction)
hockey clinic (a meeting at which hockey players receive special evaluation and instruction)
Derivation:
clinical (relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("clinic" is a kind of...):
medical institution (an institution created for the practice of medicine)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clinic"):
eye clinic (a clinic where specialist care for a patient's eyes)
Derivation:
clinical (relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients)
Context examples:
Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM) In the past 30 days, how often have you had to make an emergency phone call or show up at the clinic without an appointment?
(COMM - Emergency Phone Call or Clinic Visit, NCI Thesaurus)
In the clinic, Rosi has serious side effects, but agents other than Rosi or PGE2 could be loaded into the nanoparticles.
(Nanoparticles target, transform fat tissue, NIH)
A number of at-home pregnancy tests were recalled in Australia last week after customers and clinics concluded false negative results were received.
(Numerous home pregnancy tests recalled after false negative results reported, Wikinews)
Families were also encouraged to take the children to the clinic any time they were ill.
(Drug Prevents Malaria in High-Risk Region, NIH)
The children were tested for reactions to various allergens at periodic clinic visits.
(Infant Exposure to Allergens May Help Prevent Wheezing, NIH)
The term may also refer to the institution (clinic) providing this activity.
(Clinical, NCI Thesaurus)
NCCTG consists of a network of more than 1,000 cancer specialists at community clinics, hospitals and medical centers in 25 states in US, two Canadian provinces and Mexico.
(North Central Cancer Treatment Group, NCI Thesaurus)
Research conceived and conducted by scientists in laboratories and clinics across the country and at NCI.
(Investigator-Initiated Research, NCI Thesaurus)
You can also discuss concerns about paying your medical bills with your health care provider, social worker or the business office of your clinic or hospital.
(Financial Assistance, NIH)
Rats, which are often used in psychology studies, have frontal lobes quite different to those of humans, making it less easy to translate studies of frontal lobe circuitry directly into the clinic.
(Marmoset study gives insights into loss of pleasure in depression, University of Cambridge)
