ˈklinik, -nēk noun
( -s )
Etymology: French clinique, from Greek klinikē medical practice at the sickbed, from klinikos physician who attends bedridden patients, from klinikos, adjective, of a bed, from klinē bed, from klinein to lean, recline — more at lean
1.
a. : a session or class of medical instruction in a hospital held at the bedside of patients serving as case studies
b. : a group of selected patients presented with discussion before doctors (as at a convention) for purposes of instruction
2. : a class, session, or group meeting devoted to the presentation, analysis, and treatment or solution of actual cases and concrete problems in some special field or discipline
writing clinics for feeble students were established here and there — H.L.Creek
holding clinics with businessmen on their troubles — W.B.Barnes
a monthly fashion clinic — Time
3.
a. : an institution connected with a hospital or medical school where diagnosis and treatment are made available to outpatients
b. : a form of group practice in which several physicians (as specialists) work in cooperative association