看診的地方
這一組把 clinic 當「地方」用：一個你上門看診、拿建議、不必過夜的場所。核心的「就近看診」在這裡具體成一棟建築或一組醫療人員。
medical clinic · noun · B1
A place, often part of a hospital, where you go to get medical treatment or advice but do not stay overnight.
診所 / 門診
核心畫面
Picture a place you go, get seen, and go home from — not somewhere you stay overnight. A clinic is a focused spot (or time) for getting treatment or advice and then leaving. The stress is often on being targeted and not having to stay, which is why the word stretches from a building to a set slot of appointment time.
可以想成一個你「去、看完、就回家」的看病地方——不像住院要過夜。clinic 的畫面比較像一個專門處理某類看診的小場…更多收起
可以想成一個你「去、看完、就回家」的看病地方——不像住院要過夜。clinic 的畫面比較像一個專門處理某類看診的小場所或時段：你上門、拿到治療或建議、然後離開。它的重點常在「針對性」和「不必久留」，所以從一間診所，到一段固定的門診時間，都用得上這個字。From the word’s history
Clinic traces to Greek klinē "bed" (from a root "to lean/recline") — a bed is what you lie back on. Klinikos meant "at the bedside," and a clinic began as medicine given right at the patient's bed.
clinic 一路追到希臘文 klinē「床」，再往上是「傾斜、斜靠」的字根——床就是「躺下來靠著的東西」。klinikos 原意是「在病床邊的」，最早的 clinic 就是醫生走到病人床邊看診。今天的核心「就近、針對性地看診」，正是從「守在病床邊」這個畫面長出來的。
etymonline.com/word/clinic
Three branches
定時看診／諮詢的時段
這裡 clinic 從「地方」轉成「時段」：一段固定時間，由醫生或專家一個接一個地幫來的人處理問題。核心的「針對性看診」被搬到了時間軸上。
clinic session · noun · B1
A regular time when doctors or nurses give treatment or advice to people with a certain health need.
門診時段 / 定期門診
臨床教學
這一支最貼近字源的「病床邊」：醫學生在真實病人旁邊上課，學怎麼判斷病情、怎麼治療。從「在床邊看診」直接長成「在床邊學看診」。
clinical teaching session · noun · B1
A lesson where medical students learn how to find out what illness a patient has and how to treat it.
臨床教學 / 臨床示教
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
clinicnoun/ˈklɪn.ɪk/
- 1
A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
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medicinesciencesA hospital session to diagnose or treat patients.
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obsoletemedicinesciencesA school, or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by examining and treating patients in the presence of the pupils.
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A group practice of several physicians or other health professionals.
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A meeting for the diagnosis of problems, or training, on a particular subject.
- A local community group will be holding a legal clinic where low-income residents can consult a lawyer for free.
- We'll also be offering music clinics, lessons, and new product demonstrations throughout the year.
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A temporary office arranged on a regular basis to allow politicians to meet their constituents.
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governmenthobbieslifestyleA series of workouts used to build skills of practitioners regardless of team affiliation.
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obsoleteA bed-ridden person
另外 1 個記錄的用法
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obsoleteSomeone who receives baptism on a sickbed.
- We are all Clinicks in this point
- The conclusion is inevitable , that pouring or sprinkling was regarded, in the primitive church, as valid baptism; and of course that immersion was not considered essential. It has been objected, indeed, that the clinics were canonically prohibited the priesthood. But why were they prohibited? Not because of the informality of their batism; but because their sincerity had not been sufficiently tested.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。