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Definition of: clinic
(klin′ik) noun
1. The teaching of medicine and surgery by treatment of or operation upon the patients in the presence of a class in a hospital or dispensary.
2. A class receiving such instruction.
3. An infirmary or dispensary connected with a hospital or medical college, for the treatment of non–resident patients. [<F clinique <L clinicus <Gk. klinikos <klinē bed <klinein recline]
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