A clinic is a health facility that is primarily focused on the care of outpatients. Clinics can be privately operated or publicly managed and funded.

What does the term clinic refer to?

Most commonly, the English word clinic refers to a general practice, run by one or more general practitioners offering small therapeutic treatments, but it can also mean a specialist clinic.

What does it mean when a doctor has clinic?

[klin´ik] 1. an establishment where patients are admitted for special study and treatment by a group of health care professionals practicing together.