clinic

Universal Words noun 1 a building or part of a hospital where people can go for special medical treatment or advice: the local family planning clinic 2 (especially BrE) a period of time during which doctors give special medical treatment or advice: The antenatal clinic is on Wednesdays. * Doctors held a special clinic to talk to worried parents after a child at the school died of meningitis. 3 (especially BrE) a private hospital or one that treats health problems of a particular kind: He is being treated at the London clinic. * a rehabilitation clinic for alcoholics 4 (AmE) a building where visiting patients can get medical treatment; a building shared by a group of doctors who work together 5 an occasion in a hospital when medical students learn by watching a specialist examine and treat patients 6 an occasion at which a professional person, especially a SPORTSMAN or SPORTSWOMAN gives advice and training: a coaching clinic for young tennis players