clinic

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A benefit concert to raise money for the clinic is at 7 p.m. April 18 at First Baptist Church, 211 W Comanche St. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted.

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  1. noun A facility, often associated with a hospital or medical school, that is devoted to the diagnosis and care of outpatients.
  2. noun A medical establishment run by several specialists working in cooperation and sharing the same facilities.
  3. noun A group session offering counsel or instruction in a particular field or activity: a vocational clinic; a tennis clinic.
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  • A benefit concert to raise money for the clinic is at 7 p.m. April 18 at First Baptist Church, 211 W Comanche St. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted. —  NewsOK.com RSS - home
  • Marion County Health Department spokesman John Althardt said the clinic was the department's first offering of the vaccines to the general public. —  R&D Mag - News
  • By funding a pharmacist and technician for the community pharmacy for three years, the clinic will be able to provide a more complete level of service to the medically needy in our community. —  theadvertiser.com -
  • The plan is to vaccinate all of the children in their respective school each day during the clinic, but children who have forgotten their permission slip or who are out of school for any reason the day of the clinic will be allowed to attend the special Thursday clinics at the Health Department. —  The Charleston Gazette -
  • The number of total visits to the clinic is about 10,500, or an average of three visits per patient. —  news | OS | http://www.ocala.com
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  1. French clinique, from Greek klīnikē (tekhnē), clinical (method), feminine of klīnikos, from klīnē, couch, bed; see clinandrium.

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  1. from French clinique = Spanish clinico = Portuguese Italian clinico, from Late Latin clinicus, a bedridden person, one baptized on a sick-bed, L. a physician, from Greek κλινικός, pertaining to a bed (ὁ κλινικός, a physician, ἡ κλινική (sc. τέχνη, art), the medical art), from κλίνη, a bed, couch, from κλίνειν, lean, recline: see cline.
 

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