• Policlinic

    Origin

    From + English clinic.

    Full definition of policlinic

    Noun

    policlinic

    (plural policlinics)
    1. (US, medicine, very rare) The outpatient clinic 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.

    Further reading

    • policlinic in the American Heritage Dictionary
    • Century 1911
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