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# clinic

«clinic» in Mova's school dictionary: **a place where people go to see a doctor, nurse or other…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a clinic, clinics)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A clinic is a place where people go to see a doctor, nurse or other health worker, usually without staying overnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clinic/#m1)

2) A clinic is a session where experts give advice or teach skills, as in a football clinic or homework clinic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clinic/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and health lessons you go to a clinic for check-ups, injections or for your pet at the vet's clinic. Phrases: «a dental clinic», «a health clinic», «a walk-in clinic», «a clinic appointment».

### examples

- I had my injection at the clinic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clinic/#x1)
- The vet's clinic is open until seven. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clinic/#x2)
- Mum took the baby to the health clinic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clinic/#x3)
- The clinic sees 12 patients an hour; how many in 5 hours? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clinic/#x4)
- Our club runs a free tennis clinic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clinic/#x5)
- The dental clinic sent a reminder about my check-up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clinic/#x6)

### note

Countable. A hospital is bigger and patients may stay overnight; a clinic is usually smaller. Adjective: clinical (to do with treating patients; also cold and unfeeling).

### In the corpora

- ["Went into treatment" means a person went to a clinic (rehab) to get help with an addiction.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «clinic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clinic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.