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).
Derivatives:
clinician n.
Etymology: F clinique f. Gk klinike (tekhne) clinical, lit. bedside (art)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.