noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ hospital
▪ health , medical
▪ private
▪ special ( esp. BrE )
▪ specialized , specialty (both AmE )
▪ free , public (both AmE )
▪ outpatient , walk-in
▪ local , rural
▪ ambulatory ( AmE ), mobile ( esp. AmE )
▪ vet , veterinary (both AmE )
▪ abortion , birth-control , family-planning
▪ antenatal ( BrE ), maternity , prenatal ( AmE )
▪ fertility , infertility , IVF
▪ breast , eye , etc.
▪ diabetic , psychiatric , etc.
▪ drug , methadone , rehab ( informal ), rehabilitation
▪ golf , tennis , etc.
VERB + CLINIC
▪ attend , go to , visit
▪ hold , operate , put on ( AmE ), run
▪
We operate free rural health ~s.
▪
Holmes put on a boxing ~ ( = gave a very good performance ) and beat Shavers twelve out of twelve rounds.
▪ staff
▪
The ~ is staffed by volunteers.
▪ be treated at
▪
She is being treated at a diabetic ~.
CLINIC + VERB
▪ specialize in sth
▪ offer , provide
▪ cater for ( BrE ), cater to ( AmE ), serve ( esp. AmE )
▪
HIV ~s serving inner-city populations
CLINIC + NOUN
▪ doctor , nurse , staff , worker
▪ appointment
▪ patient
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
He was treated at the hospital's eye ~.
▪ in a/the ~
▪
She works in a birth-control ~.
▪ ~ for
▪
a ~ for asthma sufferers