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clinic

[klin-ik] / ˈklɪn ɪk /
NOUN
medical center
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A specialty doctor in breast surgery, Dr McFarlane said the pilot clinic was working to improve support for patients experiencing symptoms of complex menopause.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

In 2015, a leading medical clinic misdiagnosed Dave with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and told him he had five months to live.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Mailyan was the owner-operator of Healthy Way Medical Center, a clinic that claimed to provide beauty and cosmetic services, according to the Department of Justice press office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Every time a clinic or hospital closes, the distances nearby residents must travel skyrockets, doctors stressed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

I had been invited to visit his clinic in the central plateau, in the village of Cange, called Zanmi Lasante.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

That was until Evans discovered Summer Rose-Dorland, who runs a clinic in her hometown of Somerset and sometimes runs pop-up clinics in Wales.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

A study commissioned by the California Primary Care Assn. found that clinics could face up to $1.7 billion in collective penalties in the first year of the measure’s implementation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

The asymmetry of available methods regularly pushes American women across borders to get IUDs not offered in the U.S.; afterward, they share tips for clinics and itineraries with one another online.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

Participants were recruited through dental clinics, pediatric medical practices, and Head Start and Early Head Start programs in Michigan, New York, and Iowa.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

He said that guilt—at least the kind some rich people felt toward the poor—allowed money to flow to the clinics and schools in the central plateau.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French


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