Catalan

Noun

clínica f ‎(plural clíniques)

1. clinic
2. female clinician

Adjective

clínica

1. feminine singular of clínic

Portuguese

Etymology

From clínico ‎(“clinical”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.ni.kɐ/
• Hyphenation: clí‧ni‧ca

Noun

clínica f (plural clínicas)

1. (healthcare) clinic (small medical facility)
   • 1889, França Júnior, As Doutoras, 2nd act, 12th scene.

     A sua clínica desaparecerá, minha senhora, no dia em que as mulheres formarem-se às dúzias e aos centos.

     Your clinic will disappear, my lady, on the day that the women graduate by the dozens and by the hundreds.

2. (uncountable) medicine; healthcare (the practice of treating disease)
   • 1927, Humberto de Campos, A caridade, O Brasil Anedótico, chapter 285.

     O dr. Mateus Saraiva, que exerceu a clínica no Rio de Janeiro na primeira parte do século XVIII

     Doctor Mateus Saraiva, who pratised medicine in Rio de Janeiro in the first part of the 18th century.

3. feminine equivalent of clínico

Synonyms

• (medicine): medicina

Related terms

• clinicar
• clínico

Adjective

clínica f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective clínico.

Spanish

Noun

clínica f ‎(plural clínicas)

1. medical clinic

Related terms

• clínico