policlinic
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1word1daypoliclinic, noun. A department of a hospital at which outpatients are treated.
Etymology: from the early 1800s, from German poliklinik, "city clinic" or "clinic held in a private house"; originally such treatment was at the patient's home rather than in a hospital.
Although the word usually refers to a European facility, there are exceptions; the Chicago Policlinic was founded in 1889.
The term is less common today, but is still in use; for example, ProCare is advertised as a network of modern policlinics in Slovakia.
Not to be confused with polyclinic, which is a clinic or hospital treating diseases of many sorts.
Etymology: from the early 1800s, from German poliklinik, "city clinic" or "clinic held in a private house"; originally such treatment was at the patient's home rather than in a hospital.
Although the word usually refers to a European facility, there are exceptions; the Chicago Policlinic was founded in 1889.
The term is less common today, but is still in use; for example, ProCare is advertised as a network of modern policlinics in Slovakia.
Not to be confused with polyclinic, which is a clinic or hospital treating diseases of many sorts.
