Medicine & BodyGreek → English
Clinic
A place providing medical treatment.
The Greek roots
κλίνη
klínē
bed, couch
Literally: “at the bedside”
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The story of the word
'Clinical' care was originally care given at the klínē, the sickbed — hence bedside medicine.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
The clinic saw dozens of patients before noon.