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medical clinic
Related terms: doctor clinic · doctor's offices
A building, suite, or complex of doctors' or specialists' offices receiving patients for outpatient medical care.
A medical clinic is a building, suite, or complex holding offices for doctors and/or medical specialists who receive patients on an outpatient basis. Patients may be accepted as walk-ins or may require appointments.
Patients attend for a consultation or treatment without the visit requiring inpatient admission. The facility can contain general practitioners or specialist practices.
Walk-in access and appointments are both possible. Neither one booking method nor a particular size of building is required.
