clinic
/kˈlɪnɪk/KLIH-nik
/kˈlɪnɪk/KLIH-nik
Meaninga bedside (teaching)
Common meaning: a place for medical treatment
- clinto lean, slopeLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 815 · scan
- icadjective ending: relating to
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Greek κλίνω ‘to lean, slope’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry κλίνω, p. 815 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CLIMAX, p. 114 · dictionary scan
Roots
- κλίνω Greek “to lean, slope”
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