Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A clinic, hospital, or health care facility that treats various types of diseases and injuries.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
policlinic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated; especially, an institution in which clinical instruction is given in all kinds of disease.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
clinic in whichdiseases of many sorts are treated; especially, an institution in which clinicalinstruction is given in all kinds of disease.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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How much easier it would be for the state if there were just patients and centralised medical care, in hospitals or, say, something that we could call a polyclinic, perhaps?
Archive 2008-10-01 Deft 2008
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How much easier it would be for the state if there were just patients and centralised medical care, in hospitals or, say, something that we could call a polyclinic, perhaps?
Cleaning The Wound Patrick Vessey 2008
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They say the polyclinic is a blessing for the municipality.
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No one goes straight to the polyclinic, that is what has been discovered here.
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The family calls the polyclinic, and a doctor goes to see the child or the elderly, so that person does not have to bother.
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Then there will be a polyclinic, which is the kind of medical service we regard as ideal for a locality as this one.
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The polyclinic, which is divided into different chambers, was completely darkened.
The Times of India 2010
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However, there is still no electricity in the bathrooms inside the polyclinic, which is to be used by the doctors.
The Times of India 2010
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a polyclinic, which is converted into a fortress for the health of this community.
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This is the lobby of the hospital in addition to the lobby of the polyclinic which is adjacent to it.
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