Etymology

From Swedish klinik, 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

• Hyphenation: kli‧nik‧ka