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polyclinic

polyclinic

1 4.6
A place where people see many different doctors for health problems
  • noun
  • /ˌpɑːliˈklɪnɪk/
: policlínica
  • Every month, I visit the polyclinic for regular health check-ups and vaccinations.

Examples

  • When she felt unwell, she scheduled an appointment at the community polyclinic for a check-up.

  • Southern Polyclinic?

    Ghost in the Machine (1993)

  • But I learned that this winter the old woman had moved back to Moscow; her health no longer allowed her to be far from pharmacies or her special institutional polyclinic.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The woman at the Kaneshie Polyclinic in suburban Accra, Ghana, was in her mid-forties.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The local polyclinic offers a wide range of medical services, including dental and mental health care.

Synonyms

clinic
vspolyclinic
697 2.8

A place where people go to see a doctor for advice or treatment without staying overnight

emphasizes multiple specialties and treating many different illnesses
multispecialty
vspolyclinic
  • US
4.3

A clinic or hospital where doctors from several medical areas work in the same place

is focused on being a single outpatient facility offering many specialties

How Comprehensive

hospital
∞ 1.0
polyclinic
1 4.6
clinic
697 2.8

Surface Forms

polyclinic singular
polyclinics plural

Morphology

polyclinic = clinic (transparent) = poly + clinic

The meaning is directly built from 'poly-' meaning many and 'clinic' meaning a medical treatment facility.

Etymology

The word polyclinic joins poly- meaning 'many', as in polygon which is a shape with many sides, and clinic, a place for medical care. So, a polyclinic is a medical centre where you can get 'many' kinds of treatment from different specialists.