🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

clínica ambulatorial

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kleen-ee-kah am-boo-la-to-ree-al

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Outpatient Clinic/ˈaʊtˌpeɪʃənt ˈklɪnɪk/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele visitou a clínica ambulatorial para um exame de rotina."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A medical facility where patients receive care without being admitted to a hospital.

    "She visited the outpatient clinic for her routine check-up."
  2. 2

    A specific type of healthcare service that provides treatment and consultations to patients who do not require overnight hospitalization.

    "The outpatient clinic specializes in physical therapy and rehabilitation."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'outpatient' originates from the combination of 'out' and 'patient', where 'out' refers to being outside a hospital and 'patient' derives from the Latin 'patiens', meaning 'one who suffers'. 'Clinic' comes from the Greek 'klinein', meaning 'to lean' or 'to recline', historically referring to a place for medical treatment.

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