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Is clinic a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word clinic is a Scrabble US word. The word clinic is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is clinic a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word clinic is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Is clinic a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word clinic is a Words With Friends word. The word clinic is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

CLINIC,

3-letter words (2 found)

LIN,NIL,

2-letter words (2 found)

IN,LI,

You can make 5 words from clinic according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of clinic

clinic

Alternative forms

  • clinique (archaic)

Etymology

From French clinique, from Late Latin clīnicus (“a bed-ridden person, one baptized on a sick-bed, a physician”), from Ancient Greek κλῑνικός (klīnikós, “pertaining to a bed”), from κλῑ́νη (klī́nē, “bed”), from κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, “to lean, incline”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: klĭn'ĭk, IPA(key): /ˈklɪnɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnɪk

Noun

clinic (plural clinics)

  1. A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
  2. (medicine, by extension) A hospital session to diagnose or treat patients.
  3. (medicine, obsolete) A school, or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by examining and treating patients in the presence of the pupils.
  4. A group practice of several physicians or other health professionals.
  5. A meeting for the diagnosis of problems, or training, on a particular subject.
  6. A temporary office arranged on a regular basis to allow politicians to meet their constituents.
  7. (wrestling) A series of workouts used to build skills of practitioners regardless of team affiliation.
  8. (obsolete) A bed-ridden person
  9. (obsolete) Someone who receives baptism on a sickbed.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • clinal
  • cline

Translations

References

  • “clinic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Further reading

  • “clinic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “clinic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “clinic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Interlingua

Adjective

clinic (not comparable)

  1. clinical

Related terms

  • clinica

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French clinique.

Adjective

clinic m or n (feminine singular clinică, masculine plural clinici, feminine and neuter plural clinice)

  1. clinical

Declension


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