policlinic
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”) + English clinic.
Noun
policlinic (plural policlinics)
- (US, medicine, very rare) An outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital.
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with polyclinic.
- Absent from most British dictionaries (including Longman, Collins, and Oxford Online), this term is used (though only rarely) by US medical professionals for the outpatient clinic or outpatient department of a European hospital.
Translations
outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital
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Further reading
- policlinic in the American Heritage Dictionary
- “policlinic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “policlinic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French policlinique.
Adjective
policlinic m or n (feminine singular policlinică, masculine plural policlinici, feminine and neuter plural policlinice)
- outpatient clinic, dispensary, policlinic
Declension
Declension of policlinic
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | policlinic | policlinică | policlinici | policlinice | ||
| definite | policlinicul | policlinica | policlinicii | policlinicele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | policlinic | policlinice | policlinici | policlinice | ||
| definite | policlinicului | policlinicei | policlinicilor | policlinicelor | |||
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