Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

policlinic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poli-clin-ic
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital.

American usage

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”) + English clinic.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: πόλις

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

policlinics (plural)

Questions

What does policlinic mean?: An outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital.
Where does policlinic come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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