English

Noun

polyclinic ‎(plural polyclinics)

1. A clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated; especially, an institution in which clinical instruction is given in all kinds of disease.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with policlinic, a very rare term (pronounced the same way) not found in most UK dictionaries and only rarely used by US medical professionals for the outpatient clinic or outpatient department of a European hospital.

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References

• polyclinic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• polyclinic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• polyclinic at OneLook Dictionary Search