polyclinic
English
Noun
polyclinic (plural polyclinics)
- A clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated; especially, an institution in which clinical instruction is given in all kinds of disease.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with policlinic, a very rare term (pronounced the same way) not found in most UK dictionaries and only rarely used by US medical professionals for the outpatient clinic or outpatient department of a European hospital.
Translations
a clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated
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References
- polyclinic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- polyclinic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- polyclinic at OneLook Dictionary Search
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