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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

clinique externe

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kleen-eek ex-tairn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Outpatient clinic/ˈaʊtˌpeɪ.ʃənt ˈklɪn.ɪk/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Elle a visité la clinique externe pour son contrôle de routine."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A medical facility where patients receive care without being admitted to a hospital.

    "She visited the outpatient clinic for her routine check-up."
  2. 2

    A specific type of healthcare service that provides treatment and consultations to patients who do not require overnight hospitalization.

    "The outpatient clinic specializes in physical therapy and rehabilitation."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'outpatient' (derived from 'out-' and the Latin 'patientem', meaning suffering or bearing) and 'clinic' (from the Greek 'klinike', relating to a bed). Historically evolving through 19th-century medical terminology, it designates a healthcare facility where patients receive treatment without being admitted to a hospital overnight.

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