eye clinic
- noun
- /aɪ klɪnɪk/
- Specialized
:
clínica ocular
- We visited the eye clinic to have our vision checked by a specialist.
Examples
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Blood in preservative-free heparin and a sterile mid-stream urine sample were collected at diagnosis and monthly thereafter when the patient attended the eye clinic.
Academic text (1995) -
The same argument is true for eye clinics, labs, pharmaceutical services, and so on.
Academic text (1993) -
We were directed across the hospital to the eye clinic, where we waited for a while longer.
Fiction book (1999) -
Out of the suitcase, I asked Jacob which of them had hung in the eye clinic; he said, "What are you talking about?"
Fiction book (1994) -
Richard's bosses at the eye clinic
Fiction book (2001) -
The teachers enumerated all the children and escorted them at the appointed times to the eye clinic on the premises.
Academic text (2009) -
I paced the eye clinic waiting room, unnerving those around me, I'm sure, but my mind was elsewhere.
Fiction book (1999) -
The HMO assumes responsibility for any poor-quality service delivered by its provider organizations, such as hospitals, eye clinics, labs, and doctors' offices.
Academic text (1993) -
The eye clinic provides treatments for various conditions, including cataracts and glaucoma.
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After my appointment at the eye clinic, I received a prescription for new glasses.
Synonyms
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A place where people go to see a doctor for advice or treatment without staying overnight
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'eye' (organ of vision) + 'clinic' (medical facility) yields a medical facility specializing in eyes. This noun-noun formation follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and contains no idiomatic or metaphorical shift, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it.
Etymology
The noun eye clinic is a simple, clear name: a clinic where doctors check and care for the eye. So, it means 'a place where eye problems are checked and treated'.