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Etymology edit

From French clinique, from Late Latin clinicus (a bed-ridden person, one baptized on a sick-bed, a physician), from Ancient Greek κλινικός (klinikós, pertaining to a bed), from κλίνη (klínē, bed), from κλίνειν (klínein, to lean, incline).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kliˈnik/
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  • Hyphenation: kli‧niek
  • Rhymes: -ik

Noun edit

kliniek f (plural klinieken, diminutive kliniekje n)

  1. A clinic, type of hospital or other medical facility for outpatient treatment

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Indonesian: klinik

See also edit