clinic
/ˈklɪnɪk/noun
1
- a place or hospital department where outpatients are given medical treatment or advice, especially of a specialist nature（尤指专科）诊所; 门诊部：
an antenatal clinic.
产前检查门诊部。
1.1
- an occasion or time when such treatment or advice is given门诊：
we're now holding regular clinics.
我们现在开设定期门诊。
1.2
- a gathering at a hospital bedside for the teaching of medicine or surgery临床授课。
2
- chiefly N. Amer. a conference or short course on a particular subject〈主北美〉专题讨论会; 短期课程：
a drum clinic.
乐器鼓的专题讨论会。
词源
mid 19th cent. （in the sense 'teaching of medicine at the bedside'）： from French clinique, from Greek klinikē （tekhnē） 'bedside (art)', from klinē 'bed'.