Clinic

n.	1.	One confined to the bed by sickness.
	2.	(Eccl.) One who receives baptism on a sick bed.
	3.	(Med.) a medical facility, often connected with a school or hospital, which treats primarily outpatients.
	4.	(Med.) A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of the pupils.
	5.	a lesson or series of lessons taught to persons not expert in some activity, in which the errors of the students are pointed out, and remedial actions are suggested.
	6.	(sports) a performance so excellent as to be considered a model for emulation.

Noun	1.	clinic - a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists
	2.	clinic - meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity
	3.	clinic - a healthcare facility for outpatient care

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