- clinic
- nounADJECTIVE▪ hospital▪ health, medical▪ private▪ special (esp. BrE)▪ specialized, specialty (both AmE)▪ free, public (both AmE)▪ outpatient, walk-in▪ local, rural▪ ambulatory (AmE), mobile (esp. AmE)▪ vet, veterinary (both AmE)▪ abortion, birth-control, family-planning▪ antenatal (BrE), maternity, prenatal (AmE)▪ fertility, infertility, IVF▪ breast, eye, etc.▪ diabetic, psychiatric, etc.▪ drug, methadone, rehab (informal), rehabilitation▪ golf, tennis, etc.VERB + CLINIC▪ attend, go to, visit▪ hold, operate, put on (AmE), run▪
We operate free rural health clinics.
▪Holmes put on a boxing clinic (= gave a very good performance) and beat Shavers twelve out of twelve rounds.
▪ staff▪The clinic is staffed by volunteers.
▪ be treated at▪She is being treated at a diabetic clinic.
CLINIC + VERB▪ specialize in sth▪ offer, provide▪ cater for (BrE), cater to (AmE), serve (esp. AmE)▪HIV clinics serving inner-city populations
CLINIC + NOUN▪ doctor, nurse, staff, worker▪ appointment▪ patientPREPOSITION▪ at a/the clinic▪He was treated at the hospital's eye clinic.
▪ in a/the clinic▪She works in a birth-control clinic.
▪ clinic for▪a clinic for asthma sufferers
Collocations dictionary. 2013.