ˈklɪnɪk n. 1
Brit. a
private or specialized
hospital. 2 a
place or
occasion for giving
specialist medical treatment or
advice (eye clinic; fertility clinic). 3 a
gathering at a hospital
bedside for
the teaching of
medicine or
surgery. 4 US a
conference or
short course on a
particular subject (golf clinic). øøclinician n. [F clinique f. Gk klinike (tekhne)
clinical,
lit. bedside (art)]