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n. - A healthcare facility for outpatient care; Meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity; A medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists.

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  • Only around 25 % of people who visit an outpatient clinic go on to be admitted to a hospital.
  • But I called the clinic from the hotel this morning.
  • His ordeal inside the clinic is hardly less harrowing.
  • Our health clinic is currently a foundation of bricks.
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  • They planned to "clink" (make a light ringing sound) their champagne glasses on the day the "clinic" (low-cost medical center) finally opened.
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