clinic

clinic
noun
  1. a place or hospital department where outpatients are given medical treatment or advice, especially of a specialist nature
    (尤指专科)诊所;门诊部
    an antenatal clinic.
    产前检查门诊部。
    ■an occasion or time when such treatment or advice is given
    门诊
    we're now holding regular clinics.
    我们现在开设定期门诊。
    ■a gathering at a hospital bedside for the teaching of medicine or surgery
    临床授课
  2. (chiefly N. Amer.)a conference or short course on a particular subject
    (主北美)学术讨论会;短期课程
    a drum clinic.
    乐器鼓的学术讨论会。
语源
  1. mid 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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